Abergavenny Town v Llanelli Town preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Pen-Y-Pound Stadium

Battling Abergavenny Town will hope to pull off a surprise win when they greet enterprising Llanelli Town in the next league game. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have so-so confidence.

Insights:
  • Abergavenny Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in FAW Championship
  • Llanelli Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in FAW Championship

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!

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Abergavenny Town form and stats

Abergavenny Town have collected 9 points from their FAW Championship home games so far after 2-3-2. When Abergavenny Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Carmarthen Town, Afan Lido, Briton Ferry and Barry Town United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Abergavenny faced defeat in their previous match, away at Briton Ferry (0-8). Abergavenny Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Abergavenny drew at home versus Ammanford.

The Abergavenny Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Abergavenny have conceded 11 from these games.

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Llanelli Town form and stats

Llanelli Town's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Llanelli Town collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the FAW Championship. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Llanelli Town has no reason to fear anyone.

Llanelli Town have lots to to set right after their surprise loss (1-4) to Trefelin in their previous match, played at home.

Prior to that result Llanelli Town won their away game at Goytre United. The scoreline was 5-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Llanelli are regular goalscorers on their travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Llanelli Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Llanelli Town - Abergavenny Town 6-0. Numbers for the prior two meetings featuring these two contenders are: zero wins for Abergavenny, one draw and one win for Llanelli Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last two encounters.

Abergavenny Town missing players

Llanelli Town missing players

Abergavenny Town Llanelli Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
3 2 1 Won W 2 4 9
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
9 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
19 12 4 Scored S 7 13 28
40 11 2 Conceded C 1 7 16
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 79%
67% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
53% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 43%
40% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 29%
67% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
13% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 43%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
5 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 5.9
6.5 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.3 3.9
1.5 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.3 6.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 18 12.7 13.2
3.1 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 5.3 4.9
32% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 56% 44%
 
12.2 8.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.7 7.5
6.2 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.4
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
  • Llanelli Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Llanelli Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in FAW Championship
  • Llanelli Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Llanelli Town 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 13 11 0 2 33 12 7 6 0 1 19 6 6 5 0 1 14 6 21 36
2 Llanelli Town 13 9 2 2 27 12 7 5 1 1 14 5 6 4 1 1 13 7 15 29
3 Briton Ferry 14 8 5 1 34 14 8 4 4 0 19 5 6 4 1 1 15 9 20 29
4 Carmarthen Town 14 8 0 6 34 24 7 4 0 3 16 11 7 4 0 3 18 13 10 25
5 Afan Lido 13 6 5 2 31 20 8 4 3 1 21 14 5 2 2 1 10 6 11 26
6 Cambrian & Clydach 13 6 3 4 30 26 7 4 0 3 16 15 6 2 3 1 14 11 4 21
7 Trefelin 13 6 1 6 29 29 6 3 0 3 15 15 7 3 1 3 14 14 0 22
8 Llantwit Major 13 6 1 6 19 18 7 4 0 3 11 7 6 2 1 3 8 11 1 19
9 Taff's Well 11 5 2 4 27 19 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 2 1 3 17 15 8 18
10 Ammanford 13 4 3 6 20 27 7 4 1 2 14 15 6 0 2 4 6 12 -7 18
11 Cwmbran Celtic 13 4 3 6 31 30 6 1 2 3 18 18 7 3 1 3 13 12 1 15
12 Pontardawe Town 13 4 1 8 20 41 4 1 0 3 8 11 9 3 1 5 12 30 -21 13
13 Abergavenny Town 14 3 3 8 19 32 7 2 3 2 12 11 7 1 0 6 7 21 -13 12
14 Swansea University 14 2 3 9 13 34 6 1 1 4 6 13 8 1 2 5 7 21 -21 12
15 Goytre United 12 2 2 8 12 29 7 1 2 4 8 15 5 1 0 4 4 14 -17 11
16 Ynyshir Albions 12 2 2 8 14 26 5 1 0 4 7 14 7 1 2 4 7 12 -12 8