FAW Championship preview: Can Buckley Town edge out victory against Prestatyn Town?

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Way Stadium (1000 seats)

Numbers, patterns, results, player info, head-2-head, lineups and a lot more: Here's all you should know about Buckley Town - Prestatyn Town!

Insights:
  • Buckley Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in FAW Championship
  • Prestatyn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Buckley Town and Prestatyn Town.

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Buckley Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Globe Way Stadium as Buckley Town have scored 26 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the FAW Championship are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Buckley are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Buckley Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Prestatyn Town (placed 7th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Ruthin Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Buckley Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 15 of the 19 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.

On the other hand, Buckley have conceded 18 goals.

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Prestatyn Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their FAW Championship travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Prestatyn Town, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Buckley Town (placed 8th) last time out. That win felt nice as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory. Sourdis has scored at least one goal for this team three games in a row. The efficiency!

A loss against Holywell was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this team's 17 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Prestatyn have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Prestatyn Town have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Buckley have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Prestatyn Town.

The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Prestatyn Town - Buckley Town 1-2 entered in the official records.

Buckley Town missing players

Prestatyn Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Buckley Town Prestatyn Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
12 9 3 Won W 1 6 13
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
13 4 0 Lost L 1 6 12
47 27 10 Scored S 3 22 55
57 21 2 Conceded C 4 23 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 93%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 75%
50% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 46%
36% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 29%
68% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 79% 79%
14% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
18% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 7%
 
4 4.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 2.9 3.3
4.5 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 3.8 3.1
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
9.3 9.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 5.9 6.6
4.2 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 2.8
41% 47% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 70% 67%
 
10.3 9.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 10 8.2
4.6 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.7 3.3
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Buckley Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in FAW Championship
  • Buckley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Prestatyn 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 Colwyn Bay 28 26 1 1 98 23 14 13 0 1 48 10 14 13 1 0 50 13 75 79
2 Holywell 28 25 1 2 68 20 14 12 1 1 31 9 14 13 0 1 37 11 48 76
3 Llandudno 27 19 4 4 65 19 14 10 1 3 37 12 13 9 3 1 28 7 46 61
4 Guilsfield 27 14 6 7 52 37 13 6 3 4 29 17 14 8 3 3 23 20 15 48
5 Ruthin Town 27 14 3 10 42 40 14 8 2 4 25 22 13 6 1 6 17 18 2 45
6 Cefn Druids 28 13 4 11 47 54 14 7 1 6 27 25 14 6 3 5 20 29 -7 43
7 Prestatyn Town 27 12 3 12 52 47 14 7 1 6 33 25 13 5 2 6 19 22 5 39
8 Buckley Town 27 12 3 12 46 54 13 9 1 3 26 18 14 3 2 9 20 36 -8 39
9 Mold Alexandra 28 10 5 13 39 48 14 6 2 6 26 23 14 4 3 7 13 25 -9 35
10 Porthmadog 28 9 3 16 32 50 14 3 2 9 13 26 14 6 1 7 19 24 -18 30
11 Gresford Athletic 27 8 4 15 24 38 12 3 2 7 9 18 15 5 2 8 15 20 -14 28
12 Chirk AAA 27 5 9 13 28 43 14 3 6 5 12 20 13 2 3 8 16 23 -15 24
13 Llanidloes Town 27 6 6 15 39 55 13 4 3 6 21 22 14 2 3 9 18 33 -16 24
14 Conwy Borough 28 4 8 16 31 59 14 1 4 9 11 26 14 3 4 7 20 33 -28 20
15 Penrhyncoch 27 3 6 18 27 65 14 3 3 8 18 33 13 0 3 10 9 32 -38 15
16 Holyhead Hotspur 27 2 8 17 21 59 14 1 5 8 11 28 13 1 3 9 10 31 -38 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colwyn Bay 28 26 1 1 98 23 14 13 0 1 48 10 14 13 1 0 50 13 75 79
2 Holywell 28 25 1 2 68 20 14 12 1 1 31 9 14 13 0 1 37 11 48 76
3 Llandudno 27 19 4 4 65 19 14 10 1 3 37 12 13 9 3 1 28 7 46 61
4 Guilsfield 27 14 6 7 52 37 13 6 3 4 29 17 14 8 3 3 23 20 15 48
5 Ruthin Town 27 14 3 10 42 40 14 8 2 4 25 22 13 6 1 6 17 18 2 45
6 Cefn Druids 28 13 4 11 47 54 14 7 1 6 27 25 14 6 3 5 20 29 -7 43
7 Prestatyn Town 27 12 3 12 52 47 14 7 1 6 33 25 13 5 2 6 19 22 5 39
8 Buckley Town 27 12 3 12 46 54 13 9 1 3 26 18 14 3 2 9 20 36 -8 39
9 Mold Alexandra 28 10 5 13 39 48 14 6 2 6 26 23 14 4 3 7 13 25 -9 35
10 Porthmadog 28 9 3 16 32 50 14 3 2 9 13 26 14 6 1 7 19 24 -18 30
11 Gresford Athletic 27 8 4 15 24 38 12 3 2 7 9 18 15 5 2 8 15 20 -14 28
12 Chirk AAA 27 5 9 13 28 43 14 3 6 5 12 20 13 2 3 8 16 23 -15 24
13 Llanidloes Town 27 6 6 15 39 55 13 4 3 6 21 22 14 2 3 9 18 33 -16 24
14 Conwy Borough 28 4 8 16 31 59 14 1 4 9 11 26 14 3 4 7 20 33 -28 20
15 Penrhyncoch 27 3 6 18 27 65 14 3 3 8 18 33 13 0 3 10 9 32 -38 15
16 Holyhead Hotspur 27 2 8 17 21 59 14 1 5 8 11 28 13 1 3 9 10 31 -38 14

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