Port Talbot Town stubborn opponents but Briton Ferry expect victory

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Old Road (500 seats)

Briton Ferry - Port Talbot Town. 5th position against 16th position. Everything can happen - get a thorough preview here!

Insights:
  • Briton Ferry have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest scored goals (7) in FAW Championship

For Talbot it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Briton Ferry form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 13 FAW Championship games here at Old Road for Briton Ferry. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Briton Ferry after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager Shaw led his Briton to a defeat away at Goytre United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Old Road.

Ahead of that match, Briton Ferry won a home game hosting Cambrian & Clydach (3-2).

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Briton Ferry have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 31 games found in the database showing 15 Briton Ferry wins, six draws and ten defeats.

Briton are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Old Road in their league games, having scored an impressive 35 goals in 13 matches. Briton Ferry have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Port Talbot Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in FAW Championship, on their FAW Championship travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 12 defeats. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Port Talbot Town have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 26 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cwmbran Celtic game.

Talbot's previous game was their home loss versus Risca United (0-1).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cwmbran Celtic wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Port Talbot Town are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 47 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were seven wins, 13 draws and 27 defeats. Of the defeats, 17 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Port Talbot Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 12 away games. There are big problems for the Talbot defense as they have conceded 57 goals in 12 away games. Port Talbot Town has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the match result Port Talbot Town - Briton 0-7 entered in the official records. Briton Ferry-Port Talbot Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Briton Ferry four wins, Port Talbot Town one win, zero draws. five of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Briton Ferry missing players

Port Talbot Town missing players

Briton Ferry Port Talbot Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 12 26
14 9 4 Won W 0 0 0
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
7 2 1 Lost L 4 12 26
67 35 12 Scored S 1 5 7
33 12 4 Conceded C 25 57 111
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
77% 77% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 92% 81%
58% 54% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 62%
31% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 58% 46%
58% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 23%
38% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 67% 77%
 
6.2 5.9 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 2.7
4.4 4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.3 3.3
1.7 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 12.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.3 6.3
5.9 6.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.3
46% 44% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 14% 14%
 
11.1 10.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.7 14.7
3.8 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 12 8 8
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Briton Ferry have created more than twice as many corners as Port Talbot Town.
  • Briton Ferry have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Briton Ferry have scored more than double the goals of Port Talbot Town.
  • Briton Ferry have the most clean sheets (6) at home in FAW Championship
  • Briton Ferry have the most matches over the total-line (13) in FAW Championship
  • Briton Ferry have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Port Talbot Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Port Talbot Town have lost all their matches so far.
  • Port Talbot Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest points (0) away in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest scored goals (5) away in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest scored goals (7) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the most conceded goals (111) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the most conceded goals (57) away in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the the worst goal difference (-104) in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town have the the worst goal difference (-52) away in FAW Championship
  • Port Talbot Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Port Talbot Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Llantwit Major 26 20 2 4 61 29 13 10 1 2 29 9 13 10 1 2 32 20 32 62
2 Pontypridd Town AFC 26 17 6 3 71 27 13 9 3 1 45 12 13 8 3 2 26 15 44 57
3 Goytre United 26 15 4 7 52 30 13 8 3 2 32 13 13 7 1 5 20 17 22 49
4 Cambrian & Clydach 26 14 6 6 67 36 13 9 4 0 41 10 13 5 2 6 26 26 31 48
5 Briton Ferry 26 14 5 7 67 33 13 9 2 2 35 12 13 5 3 5 32 21 34 47
6 Carmarthen Town 26 13 8 5 44 21 13 8 3 2 26 9 13 5 5 3 18 12 23 44
7 Taff's Well 26 11 7 8 49 43 13 6 3 4 26 20 13 5 4 4 23 23 6 40
8 Swansea University 26 10 7 9 37 33 12 5 3 4 23 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 4 37
9 Llanelli Town 27 10 7 10 42 45 14 5 5 4 21 22 13 5 2 6 21 23 -3 37
10 Cwmbran Celtic 26 10 2 14 38 62 13 6 1 6 17 22 13 4 1 8 21 40 -24 32
11 Trefelin 26 7 9 10 50 47 13 3 4 6 23 23 13 4 5 4 27 24 3 30
12 Afan Lido 27 9 3 15 39 66 13 3 1 9 18 34 14 6 2 6 21 32 -27 30
13 Ammanford 26 8 4 14 51 49 13 4 2 7 28 29 13 4 2 7 23 20 2 28
14 Risca United 26 7 7 12 37 44 13 4 3 6 23 19 13 3 4 6 14 25 -7 28
15 Undy Athletic 26 5 1 20 39 75 13 2 1 10 21 36 13 3 0 10 18 39 -36 16
16 Port Talbot Town 26 0 0 26 7 111 14 0 0 14 2 54 12 0 0 12 5 57 -104 0