National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's The New Saints or Porthmadog 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.
The New Saints form and stats
Action has already taken place for Saints in League Cup as they have defeated Connah's Quay to reach the 3rd Round.The story so far in the Premier League for The New Saints at their home stadium (Park Hall Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The The New Saints fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Haverfordwest County and win 5-1. As mentioned above, Saints "killed" Haverfordwest County in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Brobbel when beating Haverfordwest County, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
0-0 away at Bala Town before that.Everyone expects The New Saints to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 23 games: 22 home wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The New Saints have won with at least two goals margin 18 times in similar situations.
The New Saints are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Cardiff MU awaits in three days.
It's goals goals goals for Saints who have scored 19 goals from 4 league home games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Porthmadog form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Caernarfon Town and Llanidloes Town in order to reach 3rd round of League Cup.The club members enjoyed Porthmadog's previous fixture versus Glantraeth FC, a Welsh Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Preceding that game was the away FAW Championship victory against Gresford Athletic with the score of 3-2.Nobody expects Porthmadog to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 36 times before, with the overall statistics of won 13, draw 7 and lost 16. When defeated, 9 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Porthmadog manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Llandudno.
Head 2 Head
The New Saints have managed a streak of 11 consecutive matches without defeat (7-4-0) when facing Porthmadog.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cieślewicz 4 goals |  R. Brobbel 3 goals |  J. Canavan 2 goals |
The New Saints missing players
Porthmadog missing players
| The New Saints | Porthmadog | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 67 | 41 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.5 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 53% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | The New Saints | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Bala Town | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Penybont | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Caernarfon Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Cardiff MU | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Newtown | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Colwyn Bay | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Haverfordwest County | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Barry Town United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Aberystwyth Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -16 | 1 |
