Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Connah's Quay & The New Saints face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
24-7-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for The New Saints when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 35 matches are 77-23 (scored/conceded).
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Connah's Quay form and stats
An away draw last time out for Connah's Quay, facing Aberystwyth Town in a game that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Aberystwyth Town that finished 1-1.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Connah's Quay, who have participated in two training matches. Connah's Quay have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
The New Saints form and stats
The New Saints delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vikingur Reykjavik in their previous game; a Europa Conference League duel.
It's a day of discovery for Saints as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which The New Saints have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games The New Saints has scored 7 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Connah's Quay victories, two draws and five The New Saints wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Connah's Quay missing players
The New Saints missing players
| Connah's Quay | The New Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 22 | 56 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
