Can Holyhead Hotspur beat Buckley Town in The New Oval clash?

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: The New Oval (2000 seats)

Buckley Town travel to Holyhead Hotspur and The New Oval loaded with happy thoughts, but the home side is no weakling. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Holyhead Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Buckley Town have the most points from losing position (9) in FAW Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Holyhead Hotspur form and stats

When playing at home in the FAW Championship, Holyhead Hotspur have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Holyhead Hotspur after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Holyhead faced defeat in their previous match, away at Colwyn Bay (3-4). A goal frenzy last time out for Holyhead, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Colwyn Bay. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that, Holyhead played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Llanidloes Town.

Holyhead have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Oval with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively Holyhead have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Buckley Town form and stats

Buckley Town's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Buckley Town collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the FAW Championship. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Two away games in a row for Buckley, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Llandudno in the FAW Championship.

A 0-2 loss hosting Taff's Well before that.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Buckley are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Buckley have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Holyhead Hotspur won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Buckley Town got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Holyhead Hotspur missing players

Buckley Town missing players

Holyhead Hotspur Buckley Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 1 7 12
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
17 10 0 Scored S 2 15 25
16 3 0 Conceded C 0 13 19
85% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
46% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 67%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 58%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 57% 50%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 58%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 14% 33%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 8%
 
3.4 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.5 9.8
6.6 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.2
1 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.6 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 19.2
3 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 9.5 8.5
20% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 29%
 
9.2 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 7.5
3.6 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 4.2
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • All of Buckley Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Buckley Town have created more than twice as many corners as Holyhead Hotspur.
  • Buckley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Buckley Town have the most points from losing position (9) in FAW Championship
  • Buckley Town have the most scored goals (15) away in FAW Championship
  • Buckley Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Buckley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 12 11 0 1 46 13 8 7 0 1 32 9 4 4 0 0 14 4 33 33
2 Llandudno 13 10 2 1 27 12 6 6 0 0 13 0 7 4 2 1 14 12 15 32
3 Guilsfield 11 9 2 0 26 7 7 5 2 0 16 6 4 4 0 0 10 1 19 29
4 Buckley Town 12 7 2 3 25 19 5 3 0 2 10 6 7 4 2 1 15 13 6 23
5 Conwy Borough 14 5 5 4 22 24 8 3 3 2 13 14 6 2 2 2 9 10 -2 20
6 Ruthin Town 13 6 2 5 17 21 5 3 0 2 10 10 8 3 2 3 7 11 -4 20
7 Colwyn Bay 13 6 1 6 23 19 6 3 0 3 12 12 7 3 1 3 11 7 4 19
8 Holyhead Hotspur 13 4 4 5 17 16 6 3 2 1 10 3 7 1 2 4 7 13 1 16
9 Bangor City 12 4 3 5 26 22 5 2 1 2 13 8 7 2 2 3 13 14 4 15
10 Prestatyn Town 13 4 3 6 23 25 7 2 3 2 9 9 6 2 0 4 14 16 -2 15
11 Gresford Athletic 13 4 3 6 13 16 7 2 2 3 9 8 6 2 1 3 4 8 -3 15
12 Holywell 12 3 4 5 24 24 7 1 3 3 15 14 5 2 1 2 9 10 0 13
13 Llanidloes Town 13 2 5 6 18 27 7 1 3 3 10 15 6 1 2 3 8 12 -9 11
14 Penrhyncoch 12 2 5 5 16 25 6 0 2 4 3 11 6 2 3 1 13 14 -9 11
15 Llanrhaeadr 13 0 4 9 8 28 6 0 2 4 4 13 7 0 2 5 4 15 -20 4
16 Llangefni Town 13 1 1 11 9 42 5 1 0 4 6 17 8 0 1 7 3 25 -33 4