Another fun-filled fixture in FAW Championship as Holyhead Hotspur entertain Gresford Athletic

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: The New Oval (2000 seats)

A demanding season for Holyhead Hotspur so far, and that also applies to Gresford Athletic. These struggling sides eye some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Holyhead Hotspur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gresford Athletic have the most matches under the total-line (10) in FAW Championship

Gresford Athletic could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FAW Championship game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Colwyn Bay, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gresford Athletic.

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Holyhead Hotspur form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the FAW Championship this season. Holyhead Hotspur have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at The New Oval. Holyhead are slowly digging their own grave here at The New Oval with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.

Holyhead Hotspur enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gresford Athletic's place. The match ended 3-1. This was their first victory after 15 consecutive league matches not winning!

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

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has contained at least three goals.

Holyhead Hotspur have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Holyhead Hotspur has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Gresford Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Gresford Athletic have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the FAW Championship this season. It's a growing despair in Gresford as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Gresford Athletic play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Colwyn Bay (placed 1st).

A 1-3 loss hosting Holyhead Hotspur before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The FAW Championship trip to Guilsfield.

As opposed to that, Gresford Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Gresford Athletic - Holyhead Hotspur 1-3 was the outcome when these contenders last did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Holyhead wins - draws - Gresford Athletic wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Holyhead Hotspur missing players

Gresford Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holyhead Hotspur Gresford Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 5
6 3 2 Drew D 2 2 3
12 6 1 Lost L 1 5 12
17 9 3 Scored S 5 10 17
41 20 4 Conceded C 4 14 31
85% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
85% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 65%
55% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 45%
40% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 30%
15% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 40%
20% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 25%
45% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 45%
 
4.2 4.7 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.6 4.1
5.5 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.2 6.1
1.1 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
3 3 3 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.8 7 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.2 8.5
3.4 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.6
15% 16% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 14%
 
14.2 12.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.8 12.5
7.4 6.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.2 5.8
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Gresford Athletic have the most matches under the total-line (10) in FAW Championship
  • Gresford Athletic have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Colwyn Bay 21 20 1 0 78 19 9 9 0 0 33 6 12 11 1 0 45 13 59 61
2 Llandudno 21 15 2 4 52 18 10 6 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 27 6 34 47
3 Holywell 18 15 1 2 39 17 10 8 1 1 20 9 8 7 0 1 19 8 22 46
4 Buckley Town 23 12 2 9 43 42 12 9 1 2 26 16 11 3 1 7 17 26 1 38
5 Cefn Druids 22 12 2 8 40 41 11 6 0 5 22 21 11 6 2 3 18 20 -1 38
6 Guilsfield 21 10 5 6 38 29 10 4 2 4 23 16 11 6 3 2 15 13 9 35
7 Ruthin Town 22 11 2 9 33 35 10 5 1 4 16 18 12 6 1 5 17 17 -2 35
8 Prestatyn Town 19 9 2 8 41 32 9 5 1 3 25 13 10 4 1 5 16 19 9 29
9 Mold Alexandra 19 8 2 9 28 32 9 5 1 3 20 13 10 3 1 6 8 19 -4 26
10 Porthmadog 22 7 2 13 24 37 11 2 2 7 11 18 11 5 0 6 13 19 -13 23
11 Conwy Borough 22 4 7 11 29 44 11 1 3 7 9 20 11 3 4 4 20 24 -15 19
12 Gresford Athletic 20 5 3 12 17 31 10 2 1 7 7 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 -14 18
13 Llanidloes Town 23 4 6 13 33 48 12 3 3 6 18 21 11 1 3 7 15 27 -15 18
14 Chirk AAA 20 2 8 10 15 34 11 2 5 4 9 16 9 0 3 6 6 18 -19 14
15 Holyhead Hotspur 20 2 6 12 17 41 10 1 3 6 9 20 10 1 3 6 8 21 -24 12
16 Penrhyncoch 19 3 3 13 21 48 11 3 2 6 15 24 8 0 1 7 6 24 -27 12

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 21 20 1 0 78 19 9 9 0 0 33 6 12 11 1 0 45 13 59 61
2 Llandudno 21 15 2 4 52 18 10 6 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 27 6 34 47
3 Holywell 18 15 1 2 39 17 10 8 1 1 20 9 8 7 0 1 19 8 22 46
4 Buckley Town 23 12 2 9 43 42 12 9 1 2 26 16 11 3 1 7 17 26 1 38
5 Cefn Druids 22 12 2 8 40 41 11 6 0 5 22 21 11 6 2 3 18 20 -1 38
6 Guilsfield 21 10 5 6 38 29 10 4 2 4 23 16 11 6 3 2 15 13 9 35
7 Ruthin Town 22 11 2 9 33 35 10 5 1 4 16 18 12 6 1 5 17 17 -2 35
8 Prestatyn Town 19 9 2 8 41 32 9 5 1 3 25 13 10 4 1 5 16 19 9 29
9 Mold Alexandra 19 8 2 9 28 32 9 5 1 3 20 13 10 3 1 6 8 19 -4 26
10 Porthmadog 22 7 2 13 24 37 11 2 2 7 11 18 11 5 0 6 13 19 -13 23
11 Conwy Borough 22 4 7 11 29 44 11 1 3 7 9 20 11 3 4 4 20 24 -15 19
12 Gresford Athletic 20 5 3 12 17 31 10 2 1 7 7 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 -14 18
13 Llanidloes Town 23 4 6 13 33 48 12 3 3 6 18 21 11 1 3 7 15 27 -15 18
14 Chirk AAA 20 2 8 10 15 34 11 2 5 4 9 16 9 0 3 6 6 18 -19 14
15 Holyhead Hotspur 20 2 6 12 17 41 10 1 3 6 9 20 10 1 3 6 8 21 -24 12
16 Penrhyncoch 19 3 3 13 21 48 11 3 2 6 15 24 8 0 1 7 6 24 -27 12

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