Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bala Town & Queen's Park face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Bala Town nor Queen's Park as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bala Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Challenge Cup for Bala Town, as the manager Caton led his troops to eliminate Queen's Park, and reach the 3rd Round.Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Bala Town 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Bala's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-3 against Queen's Park (in Challenge Cup).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Penybont.The Bala Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Bala Town have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Queen's Park form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bala Town in order to reach 3rd round of Challenge Cup. They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Queen's, whose manager Veldeman could celebrate last time after the Challenge Cup win against Bala Town.
A 2-3 defeat away at Raith Rovers before that.The travelling fans enjoy Queen's Park's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Queen's have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the squads met previously this campaign; Bala Town - Queen's Park 0-3.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Paton 3 goals |  N. Arsan 2 goals |  D. Thomas 2 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Queen's Park missing players
| Bala Town | Queen's Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | The New Saints | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Caernarfon Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Bala Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Cardiff MU | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Penybont | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Newtown | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Haverfordwest County | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Colwyn Bay | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Barry Town United | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Aberystwyth Town | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -14 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Inverness CT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
