National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bala Town or Cardiff MU that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football field has the surface grass, unlike Cardiff MU's home arena. The former 30 games by the away team on grass have resulted in 9 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Bala Town form and stats
The fans are hoping that Bala will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Cardiff MU.
Preceding that fixture, a home win hosting Flint Town United in the Welsh Cup.
Bala Town have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Bala Town have scored {3 goals} and conceded 6 times.
Cardiff MU form and stats
Cardiff MU go into this game after a win, the home game against Bala Town that ended 1-0.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against The New Saints wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bala two wins, four draws and Cardiff MU four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jones 6 goals |  G. Newell 5 goals | L. Rees 5 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Cardiff MU missing players
| Bala Town | Cardiff MU | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 67 | 30 | Scored | S | 12 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 59% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
