Sougham 9 - 0 Brapestalt

Key Events:

• 16' Sougham Mario Martin scores, assisted by Shijie Ng
• 21' Sougham Shijie Ng scores, assisted by Mario Martin
• 30' Yellow card to Sougham Paulo Semedo
• 34' Sougham Mario Martin scores
• 45' Yellow card to Sougham Mario Martin
• 51' Sougham Shijie Ng scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 54' Sougham Mario Martin scores, assisted by Khvicha Medolishvili
• 57' Sougham Paulo Semedo scores, assisted by Miguel Pimentel
• 61' Sougham Paulo Semedo scores, assisted by Miguel Pimentel
• 64' Sougham Paulo Semedo scores
• 73' Sougham Mario Martin scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Sougham’s nine goals came against a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 4.16 xG, a substantial overperformance that speaks to ruthless finishing as well as a steady supply of opportunities. The 17 shots, 16 on target, support the picture of sustained attacking threat, while the score exceeding the estimate by nearly five goals shows that Sougham converted at an extraordinary rate. Brapestalt’s 0.26 xG and single shot on target amounted to little attacking return; their 49% possession was almost level with Sougham’s 51%, but the ball share did not translate into comparable danger. Possession, it turns out, is not obliged to bring its own goals.

• No Brapestalt players reached a rating of 7.0.

The closeness of the possession and passing figures offers a useful contrast, not an explanation for the score. Brapestalt recorded seven dribbles to Sougham’s five and won five corners, yet managed only one shot. Sougham, meanwhile, put 16 of 17 attempts on target and scored nine times. The difference was not simply who had the ball, but what each side made of its attacks once it had it.

There was no late contest to rescue from the arithmetic: Sougham’s goals arrived from the 16th minute through the 73rd, with three in a seven-minute stretch from 57' to 64'. Martin’s four and Semedo’s three gave the scoreline its clearest shape, while Ng’s two goals and Pimentel’s pair of assists rounded out a prolific home performance. The cards were Sougham’s only blemish in a match otherwise defined by finishing, and Brapestalt were left with near-even possession as a particularly thin consolation.