National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Afan Lido or Pontypridd Town AFC that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Afan Lido and Pontypridd Town AFC.
Afan Lido form and stats
Action has already taken place for Afan Lido in League Cup as they have defeated Cwmbran Celtic and Briton Ferry to reach the 3rd Round.Afan's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-1 against Hakin United (in Welsh Cup).
Before that, Afan Lido played out a FAW Championship draw 1-1 when visiting Briton Ferry.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ammanford are coming to town in three days.
Pontypridd Town AFC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Carmarthen Town in order to reach 3rd round of League Cup.Williams scored in Pontypridd's previous match, the home game against Airbus UK that ended 1-0.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus The New Saints.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pontypridd Town AFC manager Jones as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Connah's Quay.
Head 2 Head
Afan Lido-Pontypridd Town AFC H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Afan Lido five wins, Pontypridd Town AFC two wins, one draw. seven of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Ahmun 1 goals | O. Jones 1 goals | D. Williams 1 goals |
Afan Lido missing players
Pontypridd Town AFC missing players
| Afan Lido | Pontypridd Town AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 12.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
