FAW Championship match preview and stats: Gresford Athletic host Prestatyn Town

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clappers Lane (200 seats)

Boasting a 1 point advantage in the league standings, Gresford Athletic followers yearn to see their beloved team win max points from this fixture against Prestatyn Town.

Insights:
  • Gresford Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in FAW Championship
  • Prestatyn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Gresford Athletic form and stats

The story so far in the FAW Championship for Gresford Athletic at their home stadium (Clappers Lane) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Gresford's previous game was a FAW Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Buckley Town (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Colwyn Bay (1-2).

Gresford Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Gresford have conceded 10 goals.

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Prestatyn Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Prestatyn Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the FAW Championship. Prestatyn Town only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for Prestatyn as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Penrhyncoch match.

There might be some fixture complaints from Prestatyn as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the FAW Championship match against Llanrhaeadr (2-3).

That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Holyhead Hotspur.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Prestatyn Town are regular goalscorers on their travels. There are big problems for the Prestatyn defense as they have conceded 25 goals in 8 away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Prestatyn Town - Gresford 1-2. Gresford Athletic-Prestatyn Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gresford four wins, Prestatyn Town five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Gresford Athletic missing players

Prestatyn Town missing players

Gresford Athletic Prestatyn Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 1 8 16
5 3 2 Won W 0 2 5
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
8 3 0 Lost L 1 6 8
19 13 9 Scored S 2 17 31
22 10 2 Conceded C 3 25 35
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 69%
24% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 50%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 75% 44%
29% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 75%
35% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
47% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
3.7 3.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6 4.6
4.6 4.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.3 4.8
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.9 8.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.3 11
3.4 2.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.3 4.4
24% 41% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 32%
 
11.5 9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.3 11.4
4.9 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 4.8
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • All of Prestatyn Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gresford Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gresford Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in FAW Championship
  • Prestatyn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Prestatyn Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • 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 Airbus UK 17 15 1 1 60 17 10 8 1 1 39 12 7 7 0 0 21 5 43 46
2 Llandudno 17 12 3 2 32 15 9 7 1 1 15 2 8 5 2 1 17 13 17 39
3 Guilsfield 15 11 4 0 37 10 8 6 2 0 22 7 7 5 2 0 15 3 27 37
4 Buckley Town 16 9 3 4 34 27 7 4 1 2 17 11 9 5 2 2 17 16 7 30
5 Ruthin Town 17 9 2 6 30 24 9 6 0 3 23 13 8 3 2 3 7 11 6 29
6 Colwyn Bay 16 9 1 6 34 22 7 4 0 3 14 13 9 5 1 3 20 9 12 28
7 Conwy Borough 18 6 6 6 29 36 10 3 4 3 16 20 8 3 2 3 13 16 -7 24
8 Holywell 16 5 6 5 37 29 8 2 3 3 20 14 8 3 3 2 17 15 8 21
9 Gresford Athletic 17 5 4 8 19 22 9 3 3 3 13 10 8 2 1 5 6 12 -3 19
10 Holyhead Hotspur 18 5 4 9 23 27 8 3 2 3 12 7 10 2 2 6 11 20 -4 19
11 Prestatyn Town 16 5 3 8 31 35 8 3 3 2 14 10 8 2 0 6 17 25 -4 18
12 Llanidloes Town 17 3 7 7 26 34 9 2 4 3 16 18 8 1 3 4 10 16 -8 16
13 Penrhyncoch 16 3 6 7 21 38 7 1 2 4 5 12 9 2 4 3 16 26 -17 15
14 Bangor City 14 4 3 7 28 30 6 2 1 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 15 19 -2 12
15 Llanrhaeadr 18 1 4 13 16 48 9 1 2 6 9 24 9 0 2 7 7 24 -32 7
16 Llangefni Town 18 2 1 15 11 54 9 1 0 8 7 29 9 1 1 7 4 25 -43 7