It's only fixture two of the FAW Championship for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at The New Oval as Holyhead Hotspur receive Conwy Borough. Get smart with this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Holyhead nor Conwy Borough as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Holyhead Hotspur form and stats
Last season, Holyhead Hotspur's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ending with 7th position in the Cymru Alliance. During these 28 matches they scored 41 goals and let in 34. Playing at home in the former season Holyhead Hotspur produced 7-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 10 conceded.
Holyhead Hotspur are confident in defense, having played 296 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Holyhead Hotspur travelled for their previous game, a trip to Holywell that ended 0-0.
Erik lost again
The match schedule is unforgiving for Holyhead as they have a new game in only three days, a League Cup match thankfully also at home. Caernarfon Town are visiting.
Conwy Borough form and stats
Let's have a look at how Conwy Borough performed last season in the Cymru Alliance: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 25/29 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Conwy Borough in their previous game as they lost hosting Ruthin Town, 0-1. Late heartbreak for Borough in the Ruthin Town match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
We have checked recent matches where Conwy Borough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Holyhead Hotspur, three draws and three wins for Conwy Borough. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Holyhead Hotspur missing players
Conwy Borough missing players
| Holyhead Hotspur | Conwy Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holyhead Hotspur | Last season | Conwy Borough | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 59 | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 75% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 18% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 75% | ||
| 39% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 14% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 18% | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 29% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 16% | ||
| 10 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 17.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 7.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guilsfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Porthmadog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Prestatyn Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Buckley Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Penrhyncoch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ruthin Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Colwyn Bay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Llandudno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Holyhead Hotspur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Holywell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Llanidloes Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Cefn Druids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Chirk AAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Conwy Borough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gresford Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Mold Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 62 | 72 |
| 2 | Llandudno | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 34 | 63 |
| 3 | Guilsfield | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Holywell | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 32 | 50 |
| 5 | Ruthin Town | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Colwyn Bay | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 20 | 48 |
| 7 | Holyhead Hotspur | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 41 |
| 8 | Buckley Town | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 40 |
| 9 | Penrhyncoch | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 39 | -18 | 35 |
| 10 | Conwy Borough | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 29 | -17 | 32 |
| 11 | Gresford Athletic | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Llanidloes Town | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 59 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -15 | 28 |
| 13 | Prestatyn Town | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 47 | -34 | 20 |
| 14 | Llangefni Town | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -51 | 15 |
| 15 | Llanrhaeadr | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 40 | -61 | 10 |
| 16 | Bangor City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 |