Pen-Y-Pound Stadium: Abergavenny Town vs Cwmbran Celtic FAW Championship preview

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Tue 27.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Pen-Y-Pound Stadium

This is a vital face-off in the "wrong" end of the FAW Championship, with both Abergavenny Town and Cwmbran Celtic undergoing more worry than joy. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side placed 14th and the visitors in 11th spot.

Insights:
  • Abergavenny Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in FAW Championship
  • Cwmbran Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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Abergavenny Town form and stats

Overall FAW Championship stats at home this season for Abergavenny Town are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Abergavenny Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Goytre United, Swansea University, Pontardawe Town, Ynyshir Albions and Abergavenny Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

No payout for Abergavenny Town in their previous match, an away game at Briton Ferry that ended in defeat 0-8. Abergavenny were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ammanford.

Abergavenny Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pen-Y-Pound Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Abergavenny Town have conceded 11 from these games.

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Cwmbran Celtic form and stats

As the visiting team in FAW Championship matches, Cwmbran Celtic have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far. When Cwmbran Celtic is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Goytre United, Swansea University, Pontardawe Town, Ynyshir Albions and Cwmbran Celtic is teams we like to compare Abergavenny Town with. Cwmbran seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Cwmbran Celtic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Barry Town United.

A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs Pontardawe Town.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this side's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Cwmbran Celtic are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Cwmbran struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. When Cwmbran Celtic is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Goytre United, Swansea University, Pontardawe Town, Ynyshir Albions and Cwmbran Celtic.

Head 2 Head

Abergavenny Town missing players

Cwmbran Celtic missing players

Abergavenny Town Cwmbran Celtic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 8 14
3 2 1 Won W 2 3 4
3 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
9 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
19 12 5 Scored S 8 14 32
40 11 4 Conceded C 5 14 32
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 93%
67% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 79%
53% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 71%
40% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 50%
67% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 79%
13% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 14%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 7%
 
5 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 3.8
6.5 6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3
1.5 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.8 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.3 6.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.8 10.4
3.1 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.8
32% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 88% 73% 74%
 
12.2 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10 9
6.2 4.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.2 1.8
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Abergavenny Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Abergavenny Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in FAW Championship
  • Cwmbran Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barry Town United 14 12 0 2 35 13 8 7 0 1 21 7 6 5 0 1 14 6 22 36
2 Briton Ferry 16 10 5 1 46 17 9 5 4 0 27 5 7 5 1 1 19 12 29 35
3 Llanelli Town 14 9 2 3 28 16 8 5 1 2 15 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 12 29
4 Afan Lido 14 7 5 2 32 20 9 5 3 1 22 14 5 2 2 1 10 6 12 26
5 Carmarthen Town 15 8 1 6 35 25 8 4 1 3 17 12 7 4 0 3 18 13 10 25
6 Trefelin 14 7 1 6 33 30 6 3 0 3 15 15 8 4 1 3 18 15 3 22
7 Cambrian & Clydach 14 6 3 5 32 29 8 4 0 4 18 18 6 2 3 1 14 11 3 21
8 Llantwit Major 14 6 1 7 22 22 7 4 0 3 11 7 7 2 1 4 11 15 0 19
9 Taff's Well 13 5 3 5 31 24 6 3 1 2 13 8 7 2 2 3 18 16 7 18
10 Ammanford 14 5 3 6 23 29 8 5 1 2 17 17 6 0 2 4 6 12 -6 18
11 Cwmbran Celtic 14 4 3 7 32 32 6 1 2 3 18 18 8 3 1 4 14 14 0 15
12 Pontardawe Town 14 4 1 9 22 44 4 1 0 3 8 11 10 3 1 6 14 33 -22 13
13 Swansea University 15 3 3 9 16 36 6 1 1 4 6 13 9 2 2 5 10 23 -20 12
14 Abergavenny Town 15 3 3 9 19 40 7 2 3 2 12 11 8 1 0 7 7 29 -21 12
15 Goytre United 13 3 2 8 16 32 8 2 2 4 12 18 5 1 0 4 4 14 -16 11
16 Ynyshir Albions 13 2 2 9 14 27 5 1 0 4 7 14 8 1 2 5 7 13 -13 8