FAW Championship match prediction: Little separates Taff's Well and Carmarthen Town in quality

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Competition: Wales FAW Championship
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rhiw Dda'r (3000 seats)

FAW Championship: The average league table positions shows the journey Taff's Well and Carmarthen Town have taken uptil now. Both squads are eager to play; bring it!

Insights:
  • Taff's Well have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in FAW Championship
  • Carmarthen Town have the fewest conceded goals (19) in FAW Championship

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Taff's Well form and stats

5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the FAW Championship numbers at home for Taff's Well so far this season. The Taff's manager Sampson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Happy days for Taff's Well in their previous game, a fixture away at Afan Lido (placed 12th) that ended with a 5-1 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Pontypridd Town AFC with the scoreline 1-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Taff's Well perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Taff's Well as a small favourite), we find four games. Taff's Well has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Taff's Well have conceded 20 from these games.

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Carmarthen Town form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in FAW Championship, are W5-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the FAW Championship.

Carmarthen had fun at their own home (Rhiw Dda'r) last time out, beating Llanelli Town 3-1.

Prior to that match, the Carmarthen Town manager Cresser faced defeat when travelling to Llantwit Major and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Carmarthen Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Carmarthen Town, one draw and three defeats.

Carmarthen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Carmarthen Town as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the final score Carmarthen Town - Taff's Well 0-0 registered in the official records.

Taff's Well missing players

Carmarthen Town missing players

Taff's Well Carmarthen Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 3 12 24
10 5 1 Won W 2 5 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 5 8
8 4 0 Lost L 1 2 4
47 24 3 Scored S 3 18 40
43 20 2 Conceded C 2 10 19
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 79%
67% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
46% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
38% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
71% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 46%
21% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 42%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 17%
 
4.6 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.5 3.8
4 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.2 3.4
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 9.8
4.3 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.1
40% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 21%
 
8.8 8.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.8 8.7
3.6 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.7
Key stats in FAW Championship this season:
  • Carmarthen Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Carmarthen Town have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in FAW Championship
  • Carmarthen Town have the fewest conceded goals (19) in FAW Championship
  • Carmarthen Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Taff's Well have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taff's Well have the most matches over the total-line (12) in FAW Championship
  • Taff's Well have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in FAW Championship
  • Taff's Well haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Llantwit Major 23 18 1 4 55 26 12 10 0 2 28 8 11 8 1 2 27 18 29 55
2 Pontypridd Town AFC 24 15 6 3 66 26 12 8 3 1 41 11 12 7 3 2 25 15 40 51
3 Cambrian & Clydach 24 13 6 5 61 32 12 8 4 0 37 9 12 5 2 5 24 23 29 45
4 Briton Ferry 24 13 5 6 63 28 12 8 2 2 32 10 12 5 3 4 31 18 35 44
5 Goytre United 23 13 4 6 46 25 11 7 3 1 27 8 12 6 1 5 19 17 21 43
6 Carmarthen Town 24 12 8 4 40 19 12 7 3 2 22 9 12 5 5 2 18 10 21 41
7 Swansea University 24 10 6 8 37 32 11 5 3 3 23 16 13 5 3 5 14 16 5 36
8 Taff's Well 24 10 6 8 47 43 12 5 3 4 24 20 12 5 3 4 23 23 4 36
9 Llanelli Town 25 9 7 9 40 41 14 5 5 4 21 22 11 4 2 5 19 19 -1 34
10 Trefelin 24 7 8 9 50 46 11 3 3 5 23 22 13 4 5 4 27 24 4 29
11 Cwmbran Celtic 24 9 2 13 35 57 12 5 1 6 15 21 12 4 1 7 20 36 -22 29
12 Afan Lido 25 8 3 14 37 65 12 3 1 8 18 33 13 5 2 6 19 32 -28 27
13 Ammanford 24 8 2 14 50 48 12 4 1 7 28 29 12 4 1 7 22 19 2 26
14 Risca United 24 6 7 11 36 43 12 4 3 5 23 18 12 2 4 6 13 25 -7 25
15 Undy Athletic 24 5 1 18 39 69 12 2 1 9 21 34 12 3 0 9 18 35 -30 16
16 Port Talbot Town 24 0 0 24 6 108 13 0 0 13 2 53 11 0 0 11 4 55 -102 0