The New Saints and Linfield will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 1st Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
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The New Saints form and stats
Last season, Saints's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.The New Saints are returning here after visiting Penybont in a Welsh Cup game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Caernarfon Town in a game that was won 3-1.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for The New Saints, who have participated in three training matches. The New Saints have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Linfield form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when Zalgiris drew the shortest straw.Linfield had fun at their own home (Park Hall Stadium) last time out, beating Coleraine 2-0. Hall and McKee scored.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Coleraine.Linfield played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these two matches Linfield scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
The New Saints missing players
Linfield missing players
| The New Saints | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 66 | 38 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 40% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
