Supra du Quebec edge HFX Wanderers in seven-goal contest
BEAVER BROOK, N.S. (Interstat) — Supra du Quebec scored four times and held off HFX Wanderers for a 4-3 victory Sunday at Wanderers Grounds in a global football match. The visitors built their win around Ibrahim Conde’s two first-half goals and a second-half response after HFX Wanderers had pulled level. HFX Wanderers pushed for another equalizer after falling behind, but Supra du Quebec maintained its one-goal cushion through the closing stages. The match included seven goals, four yellow cards and nine substitutions. Supra du Quebec was the visiting team, and HFX Wanderers was the home side. The visitors scored four goals total, and HFX Wanderers scored three.
Conde opened the scoring in the sixth minute and doubled the Supra du Quebec lead in the 40th. HFX Wanderers answered in first-half stoppage time when Adonijah Reid scored in the 45th minute plus seven. The goal gave the home side momentum entering halftime. The home side then equalized in the 69th minute through Kareem Sow before Sean Rea restored Supra du Quebec’s lead in the 71st. The two-minute turnaround after Sow’s goal proved pivotal, as Supra du Quebec protected the advantage from there and finished with the one-goal margin. Conde was shown a yellow card in first-half stoppage time after his two goals.
Kareem Sow finished with 90 minutes and one goal for HFX Wanderers. Sean Rea played 90 minutes and scored once for Supra du Quebec. Ibrahim Conde finished with 81 minutes, two goals and a yellow card before he was substituted. Adonijah Reid played 86 minutes and scored once before being replaced. Lorenzo Callegari played 90 minutes and recorded an assist for HFX Wanderers. A. Kwemi L. played 88 minutes and had an assist for Supra du Quebec. Aboubacar Sissoko played 66 minutes and recorded an assist before his substitution.
Brault-Guillard Z. was booked for Supra du Quebec in the 45th minute. HFX Wanderers was cautioned twice late, with Johnston I. booked in the 85th minute and Deng J. booked in the 90th minute plus three. The late cards came during a stretch in which HFX Wanderers was chasing an equalizer.
HFX Wanderers made three substitutions in the 65th minute, bringing on Pierre N., Troisi F. and Zitman S. Supra du Quebec made two changes in the 66th minute, with Sissoko A. and Choiniere D. entering. HFX Wanderers added Rampersad A. in the 75th minute. Supra du Quebec replaced Conde in the 81st minute, HFX Wanderers replaced Reid in the 86th minute, and Supra du Quebec replaced Kwemi L. A. in the 88th minute. The substitution list included five entries for HFX Wanderers and four for Supra du Quebec.
The result moved Supra du Quebec to 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw in the competition and 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. HFX Wanderers is now 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the competition and 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. Supra du Quebec entered after a 3-0 home win over Inter Toronto and a 2-2 home draw with Vancouver FC. HFX Wanderers entered after a 2-1 loss at Vancouver FC and a 2-2 home draw with Cavalry. Supra du Quebec’s competition record and overall record are identical, as are HFX Wanderers’s competition and overall marks.
Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Supra du Quebec 3, HFX Wanderers 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave HFX Wanderers a 54.9 percent probability to win. Supra du Quebec was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 7 went under the over/under line of 3.5. Those projections were made before the match.