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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Maes Tegid (1200 seats)

The league table shows that 11 points divide the pair of combatants in this Premier League match. Bala Town hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Bala Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
  • Caernarfon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bala and Caernarfon Town.

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Bala Town form and stats

Bala Town are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Maes Tegid. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Bala Town, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

A good away victory last time out for Bala Town, who won 5-1 against Caernarfon Town (placed 8th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Bala played a great game against Caernarfon Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Bala Town had a home game versus Airbus UK which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Bala Town home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Bala after this match as they are travelling to Pontypridd Town AFC for a Premier League game in only four days.

Bala Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Maes Tegid with 13 goals in 8 league matches.

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Caernarfon Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Caernarfon Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Caernarfon Town as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Griffiths was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue The Oval. Caernarfon Town suffered a 1-5 loss to Bala Town (placed 4th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bala Town was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that match, the Caernarfon manager Griffiths faced defeat when travelling to Flint Town United and losing 1-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this side's 15 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting The New Saints in just four days.

The visiting Caernarfon Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bala Town have won all of the 4 latest duels versus this side. Can they do it again?

The last H2H game ended Caernarfon Town - Bala 1-5, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Caernarfon TownF. O'Rourke
F. O'Rourke
7 goals
Bala TownG. Newell
G. Newell
6 goals
Bala TownL. Wall
L. Wall
5 goals

Bala Town missing players

Caernarfon Town missing players

Bala Town Caernarfon Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 7 17
10 5 1 Won W 1 1 7
3 2 2 Drew D 1 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 9
35 13 5 Scored S 6 9 28
16 8 2 Conceded C 6 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 94%
47% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 71%
29% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 35%
29% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 24%
41% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 59%
35% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 18%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 24%
 
5.5 5.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.8
3.8 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.7 6.6 5.5
1.5 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 1.8
6 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 8.5 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 10 9.7
4.6 3.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 4.4
44% 50% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 45% 38%
 
6.8 6.2 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.7 13.9
2.4 2.4 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bala Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bala Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bala Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
  • Bala Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Caernarfon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Caernarfon Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Caernarfon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 3 0 60 6 9 9 0 0 40 4 8 5 3 0 20 2 54 45
2 Connah's Quay 18 13 2 3 32 12 11 9 2 0 20 5 7 4 0 3 12 7 20 41
3 Cardiff MU 19 11 1 7 24 28 9 7 0 2 13 12 10 4 1 5 11 16 -4 34
4 Bala Town 17 10 3 4 35 16 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 5 1 3 22 8 19 33
5 Newtown 19 9 2 8 35 35 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 5 1 4 23 23 0 29
6 Penybont 17 8 4 5 24 18 8 4 2 2 12 9 9 4 2 3 12 9 6 28
7 Haverfordwest County 19 7 2 10 25 30 9 5 1 3 15 13 10 2 1 7 10 17 -5 23
8 Caernarfon Town 17 7 1 9 28 30 10 6 0 4 19 16 7 1 1 5 9 14 -2 22
9 Flint Town United 18 5 4 9 18 27 7 2 3 2 7 9 11 3 1 7 11 18 -9 19
10 Aberystwyth Town 18 6 0 12 19 47 9 5 0 4 12 17 9 1 0 8 7 30 -28 18
11 Pontypridd Town AFC 18 5 1 12 18 33 10 4 0 6 10 18 8 1 1 6 8 15 -15 16
12 Airbus UK 17 0 1 16 12 48 8 0 1 7 8 26 9 0 0 9 4 22 -36 -2