FAW Championship match preview: Swansea University versus Taff's Well

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sketty Lane (1000 seats)

Taff's Well know they face a rough trip to Swansea University and their Sketty Lane. This news article has all the information you require ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Swansea University have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in FAW Championship
  • Taff's Well have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in FAW Championship

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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Swansea University form and stats

Swansea University's struggle is real here at Sketty Lane with only 4 points collected from 7 FAW Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5. The Swansea manager Thomas might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Swansea University lost their last game at Barry Town United (placed 1st) after a 0-5 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Swansea suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Pontardawe Town (2-3).

Goals are flowing in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row having at least three goals (over 2.5).

Swansea University has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Swansea with 16 goals conceded in these matches.

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Taff's Well form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Taff's Well so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Taff's Well are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Llantwit Major (placed 9th).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Llanelli Town.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Taff's are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Taff's Well manager Sampson has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Taff's Well - Swansea University 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Swansea two wins, one draw and Taff's Well two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Swansea University missing players

Taff's Well missing players

Swansea University Taff's Well
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 7 2 Played P 2 9 16
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 3 4
11 5 1 Lost L 1 4 7
21 8 3 Scored S 8 20 34
46 16 5 Conceded C 4 22 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
72% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 69%
50% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 78% 62%
44% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 44% 44%
61% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 78% 69%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 19%
39% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 19%
 
2.8 3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.2 5.8
4.9 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.8 4.4
1 0.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.9 5.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 30 12.2 10.2
3.7 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 12 4.6 4.3
43% 45% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 48% 48%
 
12.2 9.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9 7.3
6.4 5.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 3.7
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • All of Swansea University's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Taff's Well's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Swansea University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Swansea University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Swansea University have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in FAW Championship
  • Swansea University have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in FAW Championship
  • Swansea University haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Taff's Well have created more than twice as many corners as Swansea University.
  • Taff's Well have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Taff's Well have scored at least twice as many goals away as Swansea University have scored home.
  • Taff's Well have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in FAW Championship
  • Taff's Well haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Barry Town United 17 15 0 2 43 14 10 9 0 1 28 8 7 6 0 1 15 6 29 45
2 Briton Ferry 19 12 5 2 54 21 11 7 4 0 33 6 8 5 1 2 21 15 33 41
3 Llanelli Town 17 12 2 3 35 17 10 7 1 2 20 9 7 5 1 1 15 8 18 38
4 Afan Lido 17 8 7 2 38 24 11 6 4 1 26 16 6 2 3 1 12 8 14 31
5 Carmarthen Town 18 9 2 7 41 28 9 4 2 3 19 14 9 5 0 4 22 14 13 29
6 Cambrian & Clydach 17 8 3 6 39 34 9 5 0 4 21 20 8 3 3 2 18 14 5 27
7 Trefelin 17 7 2 8 36 37 7 3 1 3 17 17 10 4 1 5 19 20 -1 23
8 Cwmbran Celtic 16 6 3 7 37 33 7 2 2 3 20 19 9 4 1 4 17 14 4 21
9 Llantwit Major 17 6 2 9 25 27 9 4 1 4 13 10 8 2 1 5 12 17 -2 20
10 Taff's Well 16 5 4 7 34 32 7 3 1 3 14 10 9 2 3 4 20 22 2 19
11 Ammanford 16 5 4 7 25 35 9 5 1 3 17 21 7 0 3 4 8 14 -10 19
12 Pontardawe Town 17 6 1 10 28 49 6 2 0 4 11 14 11 4 1 6 17 35 -21 19
13 Goytre United 16 4 3 9 21 39 9 3 2 4 15 20 7 1 1 5 6 19 -18 15
14 Swansea University 18 4 3 11 21 46 7 1 1 5 8 16 11 3 2 6 13 30 -25 15
15 Abergavenny Town 18 3 4 11 21 46 8 2 3 3 12 14 10 1 1 8 9 32 -25 13
16 Ynyshir Albions 16 2 3 11 19 35 7 1 1 5 10 19 9 1 2 6 9 16 -16 9