National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bala Town or Gresford Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bala nor Gresford Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bala Town form and stats
The Bala Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to The New Saints here at Maes Tegid. Bala Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that one, a fine away victory at Hawarden Rangers. A Welsh Cup game.
Bala are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Haverfordwest County awaits in four days.
Bala Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bala Town scored {3 goals} and let in {6 goals} during these two games.
Gresford Athletic form and stats
Gresford's previous game was their home loss versus Llandudno (1-4).
Earlier, the Welsh Cup win away at Llanrug United. Nobody expects Gresford Athletic to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 38 times before, with the overall statistics of won 14, draw 4 and lost 20. When defeated, 12 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
A new game in only four days for Gresford, the FAW Championship home match versus Cefn Druids. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Bala Town have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (7-1-0) when playing Gresford Athletic.Top Goalscorers
  G. Newell 4 goals | C. Venables 3 goals | N. Peate 2 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Gresford Athletic missing players
| Bala Town | Gresford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 63 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 53% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 7.6 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
