Very important battle in the lower part of the FAW Championship, with both Cwmbran Celtic and Pontardawe Town undergoing more distress than glee. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 12th and the away team in 11th position.
- Cwmbran Celtic have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in FAW Championship
- Pontardawe Town have the most conceded goals (35) in FAW Championship
Cwmbran Celtic and Pontardawe Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cwmbran Celtic form and stats
Cwmbran Celtic have played 5 FAW Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Cwmbran Celtic has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kinsella and the players.
Cwmbran Celtic's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Afan Lido (placed 6th).
Ahead of that fixture, a home victory hosting Carmarthen Town in the Welsh Cup.
Observe: 9 of the latest 10 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Goals decide football matches and Cwmbran are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Cwmbran Celtic have let the opposition score 18 times, an average of more than three per game.
Pontardawe Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the FAW Championship. When Pontardawe Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Goytre United, Swansea University, Pontardawe Town, Ynyshir Albions and Abergavenny Town is teams we like to compare Cwmbran Celtic with.
Pontardawe Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Goytre United (placed 16th). That win felt good as this team had gone three league matches without winning.
Before that, the win at home hosting Pill AFC in the Welsh Cup (3-1).
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Pontardawe Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Pontardawe Town - Cwmbran 3-4 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cwmbran Celtic five wins, two draws and Pontardawe Town three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Cwmbran Celtic missing players
Pontardawe Town missing players
| Cwmbran Celtic | Pontardawe Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 30 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 24 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 92% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 83% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 50% | 80% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 62% | 58% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.3 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 70% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 15% | 36% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15 | 12.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 8.3 | 6.2 |
- All of Cwmbran Celtic's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Cwmbran Celtic have created more than twice as many corners as Pontardawe Town.
- Cwmbran Celtic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cwmbran Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cwmbran Celtic have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cwmbran Celtic have the fewest points (2) at home in FAW Championship
- Cwmbran Celtic have the most conceded goals (18) at home in FAW Championship
- Cwmbran Celtic have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in FAW Championship
- Cwmbran Celtic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cwmbran Celtic have yet to win a game at home.
- Cwmbran Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pontardawe Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Pontardawe Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in FAW Championship
- Pontardawe Town have the most conceded goals (24) away in FAW Championship
- Pontardawe Town have the most conceded goals (35) in FAW Championship
- Pontardawe Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Pontardawe 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Briton Ferry | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 26 |
| 3 | Llanelli Town | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Carmarthen Town | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Cambrian & Clydach | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Afan Lido | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | Taff's Well | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | Trefelin | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Llantwit Major | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Ammanford | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Pontardawe Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 13 |
| 12 | Cwmbran Celtic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Abergavenny Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Swansea University | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -20 | 9 |
| 15 | Ynyshir Albions | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Goytre United | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
