HAMILTON, Bermuda (Interstat) — Thierry Gale scored twice in a three-minute span late in the second half, and Barbados erased a one-goal deficit to beat Bermuda 2-1 on Monday in a competition match. Barbados trailed after Bermuda struck in the 75th minute, but Gale answered in the 79th and again in the 82nd to complete the comeback. The victory gave Barbados a second straight win to open its season and handed Bermuda a second consecutive defeat. The visitors celebrated at the final whistle after turning a difficult road match into a one-goal win.

Bermuda had taken control when Djair Parfitt-Williams scored in the 75th minute, finishing off a move assisted by Tokia Russell. The home side protected the lead only briefly. Niall Reid Stephen set up Gale for the equalizer four minutes later, then delivered another assist for Gale’s winner three minutes after that. The quick turnaround silenced the home crowd and shifted the match decisively in Barbados’s favor. Barbados’s bench rose as Gale’s second goal went in, and Bermuda’s players were left to chase the game again. The comeback marked the decisive stretch of the match.

Gale’s two-goal performance stood as the game’s top individual showing. Parfitt-Williams scored Bermuda’s only goal. Reid Stephen finished with two assists, both on Gale’s goals. Russell recorded an assist for Bermuda and was also shown a yellow card. Barbados did not need another goal after Gale’s second strike, but it managed the final minutes well enough to protect the narrow lead. Bermuda pushed numbers forward late but could not find a second goal.

The match included several cautions. Russell was booked in the 19th minute. Barbados’s A. Applewhaite received a yellow card in the 31st. In the 86th minute, Barbados’s C. Griffith and Bermuda’s D. Hill were both cautioned. Bermuda’s J. Dublin was booked in the 88th. The cards came as the game tightened in the second half, with Bermuda pressing for an equalizer and Barbados working to hold its advantage. The late cautions added to the stop-start nature of the closing minutes.

Substitutions also shaped the closing stretch. Bermuda made a change at halftime and another in the 54th minute, then used a third substitution in the 58th. Barbados made a substitution in the 61st. Bermuda made two more changes in the 87th, and Barbados made two substitutions in second-half stoppage time. The substitution list included N. Tucker, S. Hall and L. Simmons for Bermuda, with changes in the 46th, 54th and 58th minutes. Barbados’s J. Oughterson was involved in a 61st-minute substitution. Bermuda’s L. Robinson and T. Russell were involved in substitutions in the 87th. Barbados’s J. Neblett and O. Leacock were involved in second-half stoppage-time substitutions. The late moves could not produce another goal for Bermuda, whose search for a draw fell short.

Barbados improved to 2-0 in the competition and 2-0 across all competitions. Bermuda fell to 0-2 in the competition and 0-2 overall. Barbados also won the most recent head-to-head meeting before Monday, a 4-1 victory in the earlier matchup this season. That result remained the only previous game between the teams this season, and it reinforced Barbados’s recent edge in the series. Bermuda has now lost both of its matches this season, while Barbados has won both of its matches in the competition and overall.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Barbados 8, Bermuda 1. Interstat’s ELO system had given Bermuda a 60.8 percent probability to win before the match. The actual result ran counter to both projections, with Barbados winning by one goal after a late flurry from Gale.