Can Penrhyncoch defeat Holyhead Hotspur in Cae Baker clash?

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cae Baker (800 seats)

This fixture involves two sides living in the cellar of the FAW Championship, Penrhyncoch holding 16th place and Holyhead Hotspur sitting at 15th. A decent opportunity for one of the participants to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Penrhyncoch have the most conceded goals (45) in FAW Championship
  • Holyhead Hotspur have the fewest scored goals (13) in FAW Championship

The visiting Holyhead Hotspur played their last game only four days ago, a FAW Championship match.

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Penrhyncoch form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the FAW Championship this season. Penrhyncoch have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Cae Baker. When Penrhyncoch hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Llanidloes Town, Chirk AAA, Conwy Borough, Penrhyncoch and Gresford Athletic), they have won 2 of 4 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Penrhyncoch to get some points in this home game.

Penrhyncoch played out an unpredictable loss 1-2 against Guilsfield in their previous match, also played at home.

Heartbreak before that as Penrhyncoch lost 1-3 at Conwy Borough's place.

Take note: 8 of the most recent 10 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Penrhyncoch are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Penrhyncoch have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number. Penrhyncoch has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Holyhead Hotspur form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Holyhead Hotspur so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Holyhead Hotspur, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Holyhead Hotspur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Llandudno proved too strong as Holyhead Hotspur slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at The New Oval. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Llandudno was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A loss against Porthmadog was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Holyhead are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Holyhead Hotspur have conceded 18 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Penrhyncoch won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Holyhead Hotspur have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Penrhyncoch missing players

Holyhead Hotspur missing players

Penrhyncoch Holyhead Hotspur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 10 4 Played P 1 8 18
2 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
12 6 1 Lost L 0 5 11
18 13 6 Scored S 0 4 13
45 23 6 Conceded C 0 18 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 83%
94% 90% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 83%
59% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
47% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 39%
35% 30% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
65% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
12% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 22%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 50%
 
3.7 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.2
6.2 5.8 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.5
2.2 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.3 4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 7.8
4.2 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.4
24% 62% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 15%
 
7.8 5.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19.5 14.2
4.7 3.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 11 7.4
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Holyhead Hotspur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have the fewest scored goals (13) in FAW Championship
  • Holyhead Hotspur have the fewest scored goals (4) away in FAW Championship
  • Holyhead Hotspur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in FAW Championship
  • Holyhead Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Holyhead Hotspur have yet to win a game away.
  • Penrhyncoch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Penrhyncoch have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Holyhead Hotspur have scored away.
  • Penrhyncoch have the most conceded goals (23) at home in FAW Championship
  • Penrhyncoch have the most conceded goals (45) in FAW Championship
  • Penrhyncoch have the the worst goal difference (-27) in FAW Championship
  • Penrhyncoch have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Penrhyncoch 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 Colwyn Bay 18 17 1 0 70 16 7 7 0 0 27 4 11 10 1 0 43 12 54 52
2 Llandudno 20 14 2 4 47 16 9 5 1 3 20 10 11 9 1 1 27 6 31 44
3 Holywell 17 14 1 2 36 17 10 8 1 1 20 9 7 6 0 1 16 8 19 43
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 20 10 1 9 35 40 10 7 1 2 19 15 10 3 0 7 16 25 -5 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 19 7 1 11 23 31 9 2 1 6 10 13 10 5 0 5 13 18 -8 22
11 Gresford Athletic 18 5 3 10 16 26 9 2 1 6 6 14 9 3 2 4 10 12 -10 18
12 Llanidloes Town 21 4 6 11 31 41 11 3 3 5 18 18 10 1 3 6 13 23 -10 18
13 Conwy Borough 20 4 6 10 27 39 10 1 3 6 9 17 10 3 3 4 18 22 -12 18
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 18 1 6 11 13 38 10 1 3 6 9 20 8 0 3 5 4 18 -25 9
16 Penrhyncoch 17 2 3 12 18 45 10 2 2 6 13 23 7 0 1 6 5 22 -27 9