National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cardiff MU or Aberystwyth Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cardiff MU form and stats
Cardiff MU have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Newtown.Cardiff MU experienced an unpredictable loss 0-7 against The New Saints in their previous game, also a home game. Cardiff 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, Cardiff MU had a Premier League home game versus Flint Town United which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cardiff as they are travelling to their away game against Bala Town in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Aberystwyth Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Llanidloes Town in order to reach 3rd round of League Cup.Impressive finishing from Arnison and Thorn secured the home win 2-1 against Connah's Quay in their previous game.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Bala Town.You'll want to know how Aberystwyth Town managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aberystwyth Town manager Corbisiero as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Penybont.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Cardiff MU won six games, three matches ended with a tie and Aberystwyth Town got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jones 6 goals | E. Evans 3 goals | L. Rees 2 goals |
Cardiff MU missing players
Aberystwyth Town missing players
| Cardiff MU | Aberystwyth Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 45 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
