CLUTCH (Interstat) — Tyler Winters scored four goals and Clutch outlasted RTG FC 7-6 on Monday in a high-scoring competition match. Winters scored in the 4th, 12th, 28th and 29th minutes, helping the home side answer a determined RTG FC push. Clutch moved to 1-1 in the competition and 1-1 across all competitions. RTG FC also is 1-1 in the competition and 1-1 across all competitions. The result came after both teams had played their previous competition matches on Monday, with RTG FC beating Deportrio 4-3 and Clutch losing to NDL 6-3.

Clutch opened the scoring in the 4th minute when Winters found the net. Winters scored again in the 12th minute to give the home side a two-goal lead. RTG FC answered in the 13th minute through Joshua Emmanuel. Alfie Matthews restored Clutch’s two-goal advantage in the 14th minute, but Alfie Cerulli scored for RTG FC in the same minute. Matthews scored again in the 14th minute, and Alex Byrne added Clutch’s fifth goal in the 24th minute. The first 24 minutes produced seven goals.

The 14th minute produced three goals, with Matthews scoring twice around Cerulli’s goal for RTG FC. RTG FC then responded with a burst from Kadell Daniel. Daniel scored in the 28th minute, then scored again in the same minute. Winters completed his hat trick in the 28th minute. Daniel scored his third goal in the 29th minute, and Winters answered with his fourth goal in the 29th minute. RTG FC scored its sixth goal in the 30th minute. Clutch kept RTG FC scoreless after that point and held on for the win. All 13 goals in the match were scored by the 30th minute. The next six minutes produced six more goals.

Winters finished as Clutch’s top performer with four goals. Matthews added two goals, and Byrne scored once for Clutch. Daniel led RTG FC with three goals. Emmanuel and Cerulli each scored once for RTG FC, which also received a 30th-minute goal. Winters’ four goals came in the 4th, 12th, 28th and 29th minutes. Matthews scored twice in the 14th minute, and Byrne scored in the 24th. Daniel’s hat trick came in the 28th and 29th minutes, while Emmanuel scored in the 13th and Cerulli in the 14th. Winters was Clutch’s top star. The 30th-minute goal was the final goal of the match.

Clutch’s previous competition result was a 6-3 home loss to NDL. RTG FC’s previous competition result was a 4-3 home win over Deportrio. Both teams are now 1-1 in the competition and 1-1 across all competitions after the result. The match featured 13 goals, with Clutch scoring seven and RTG FC scoring six. Clutch was the home team and RTG FC was the visiting team. The scoring began with Winters’ early goal and continued through a frantic first half that included a run of goals in the 28th, 29th and 30th minutes. Clutch’s one-goal lead held through the final whistle. The final 60 minutes produced no goals. The result gave Clutch its first competition win of the season and handed RTG FC its first competition loss. RTG FC’s season record in the competition is now 1-1, and its record across all competitions is 1-1. Clutch’s season record in the competition is now 1-1, and its record across all competitions is 1-1.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of RTG FC 6, Clutch 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Clutch with a 59.7 percent probability to win.