Bala Town open their doors to Newtown for another engrossing Premier League fixture here at Maes Tegid.
This should be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!
Bala Town form and stats
0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Bala Town so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Bala Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Haverfordwest County (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Penybont.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bala have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
The manager Caton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Connah's Quay in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Bala Town's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Newtown form and stats
Newtown aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 219 league minutes without a goal. Williams was the last player to find the net.
The manager Hughes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue G.F. Grigg Latham Park. Newtown suffered a 0-2 loss to Flint Town United (placed 2nd). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against The New Saints.Newtown are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
A new game in only four days for Newtown, the Premier League home match versus Caernarfon Town. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Bala Town have won or drawn the last 8 fixtures (7-1-0) against Newtown.The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Shannon 1 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Newtown missing players
| Bala Town | Newtown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
