FAW Championship game prognosis and news & stats for the Holywell vs Gresford Athletic scrap

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Halkyn Road (1000 seats)

Holywell are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture against Gresford Athletic, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Holywell have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in FAW Championship
  • Holywell have scored more than double the goals of Gresford Athletic.

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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Holywell form and stats

Holywell have performed here at Halkyn Road this season with 7 wins from 9 FAW Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.

Holywell are returning here after guesting Guilsfield in a Welsh Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Porthmadog.

Early season league goal statistics from Holywell's 9 home games: {18 goals}, 9 conceded.

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Gresford Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Gresford Athletic have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the FAW Championship this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gresford Athletic, as they have won on their previous two travels.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Welsh Cup home defeat versus Penybont with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game was the away FAW Championship victory against Conwy Borough with the score of 3-1.

Gresford Athletic have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gresford Athletic have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Gresford Athletic - Holywell 1-2 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Holywell won five, Gresford Athletic triumphed in two and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Holywell missing players

Gresford Athletic missing players

Holywell Gresford Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 9 4 Played P 2 8 17
13 7 3 Won W 1 3 5
1 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 9
34 18 7 Scored S 3 10 16
17 9 2 Conceded C 3 10 24
94% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
94% 89% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 59%
69% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
31% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 29%
19% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 12%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 41%
44% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 29%
12% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 41%
 
4.3 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.8 4.4
3.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.5 6.2
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.8 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.8 8.8
5.3 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.5 3.7
47% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 17% 15%
 
8.2 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.8 11.9
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 5.7
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Gresford Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gresford Athletic have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Holywell have scored more than double the goals of Gresford Athletic.
  • Holywell have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in FAW Championship

  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 17 16 1 0 65 14 6 6 0 0 22 2 11 10 1 0 43 12 51 49
2 Llandudno 19 13 2 4 43 16 9 5 1 3 20 10 10 8 1 1 23 6 27 41
3 Holywell 16 13 1 2 34 17 9 7 1 1 18 9 7 6 0 1 16 8 17 40
4 Cefn Druids 19 11 2 6 36 31 10 6 0 4 22 19 9 5 2 2 14 12 5 35
5 Buckley Town 19 10 1 8 33 35 10 7 1 2 19 15 9 3 0 6 14 20 -2 31
6 Ruthin Town 20 9 2 9 28 35 9 4 1 4 15 18 11 5 1 5 13 17 -7 29
7 Prestatyn Town 17 9 1 7 38 26 9 5 1 3 25 13 8 4 0 4 13 13 12 28
8 Guilsfield 18 8 4 6 31 27 9 4 1 4 21 14 9 4 3 2 10 13 4 28
9 Mold Alexandra 17 8 1 8 24 27 7 5 0 2 16 8 10 3 1 6 8 19 -3 25
10 Porthmadog 18 6 1 11 21 30 9 2 1 6 10 13 9 4 0 5 11 17 -9 19
11 Gresford Athletic 17 5 3 9 16 24 9 2 1 6 6 14 8 3 2 3 10 10 -8 18
12 Llanidloes Town 20 4 5 11 31 41 11 3 3 5 18 18 9 1 2 6 13 23 -10 17
13 Conwy Borough 19 4 5 10 27 39 9 1 2 6 9 17 10 3 3 4 18 22 -12 17
14 Chirk AAA 19 2 8 9 14 32 10 2 5 3 8 14 9 0 3 6 6 18 -18 14
15 Holyhead Hotspur 16 1 6 9 12 32 8 1 3 4 8 14 8 0 3 5 4 18 -20 9
16 Penrhyncoch 17 2 3 12 18 45 10 2 2 6 13 23 7 0 1 6 5 22 -27 9