The Bala Town & The New Saints managers C. Caton and S. Ruscoe are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It should be mentioned that The New Saints play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for The New Saints on grass are 22 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 97-27. You can compare this with overall results below.
Bala Town form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Bala Town have to build on here at Maes Tegid in the Premier League. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Maes Tegid.
The home team returns to Maes Tegid after being equal after 90 minutes with Haverfordwest County (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Flint Town United with a 2-1 scoreline.
Bala are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (12 goals in 4 games). 5 goals have been conceded.
The New Saints form and stats
Playing away, The New Saints, who have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Saints's previous game versus Haverfordwest County (placed 7th), a Premier League 3-2 win played at home. A 2-2 draw at Aberystwyth Town's stadium before that.
Late drama in the previous game, when B. Hudson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Haverfordwest County.
The Saints manager S. Ruscoe has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 13 goals in 4 league matches away. Saints's manager S. Ruscoe has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Bala wins - draws - The New Saints wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Venables 10 goals |  G. Draper 7 goals |  L. Robles 7 goals |
Bala Town missing players
The New Saints missing players
| Bala Town | The New Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 143 | 77 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 66 | 137 |
| 62 | 39 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 25 | 70 |
| 37% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | 44% |
- All of Bala Town's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of The New Saints's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bala Town has the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Bala Town has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- Bala Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- The New Saints has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premier League
- The New Saints has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- The New Saints has the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
- The New Saints has the most scored goals (13) away in Premier League
- The New Saints has the most scored goals (31) in Premier League
- The New Saints has the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
- The New Saints has the the best goal difference (+11) away in Premier League
- The New Saints has the the best goal difference (+27) in Premier League
- The New Saints have not yet lost a game.
- The New Saints have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- The New Saints have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- The New Saints have scored in all their matches so far.
- The New Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- The New Saints is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 25 |
| 2 | Bala Town | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Connah's Quay | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Barry Town United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 5 | Penybont | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Caernarfon Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 7 | Haverfordwest County | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Aberystwyth Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Cardiff MU | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Newtown | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Flint Town United | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Cefn Druids | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -15 | 4 |