Premier League match preview and statistics: Cardiff MU fight Bala Town

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff International Sports Stadium (4953 seats)

Cardiff MU will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Bala Town.

Insights:
  • Cardiff MU has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Bala Town has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League

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 Cardiff and Bala Town.

It should be mentioned that Bala Town play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Bala Town on artifical turf are 4 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 16-20. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Cardiff MU form and stats

With 2 Premier League wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Cardiff MU are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Cardiff's last game was hosting Newtown (placed 10th) and winning 2-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Flint Town United and winning 1-0.

Cardiff MU have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cardiff's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bala Town form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. Two points from the last two away games for Bala Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Caernarfon Town (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Newtown.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Aberystwyth Town.

The Bala Town manager C. Caton has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. It's not easy to score on Bala as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cardiff won five games, one match ended with a draw and Bala Town has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Bala TownC. Venables
C. Venables
13 goals
Bala TownW. Evans
W. Evans
9 goals
Cardiff MUO. Hulbert
O. Hulbert
4 goals

Cardiff MU missing players

Bala Town missing players

Cardiff MU Bala Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 8 2 Played P 3 6 13
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 8
3 2 0 Drew D 2 3 4
6 4 2 Lost L 0 0 1
11 6 1 Scored S 7 12 32
16 10 3 Conceded C 3 5 13
92% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 62%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 23%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 85%
15% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
46% 50% 50% 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
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.3 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 7.1 4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 12.3 14.5
3.5 3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 6.4
24% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 46% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Bala Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bala Town has the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Bala Town has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
  • Bala Town have not yet lost a game 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 have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff MU.
  • Bala Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cardiff MU has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Cardiff MU have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 13 11 2 0 39 7 7 7 0 0 24 4 6 4 2 0 15 3 32 35
2 Connah's Quay 13 10 2 1 27 8 7 6 1 0 14 4 6 4 1 1 13 4 19 32
3 Bala Town 13 8 4 1 32 13 7 5 1 1 20 8 6 3 3 0 12 5 19 28
4 Barry Town United 12 5 3 4 12 16 6 3 2 1 6 5 6 2 1 3 6 11 -4 18
5 Penybont 11 4 3 4 14 18 5 1 2 2 5 12 6 3 1 2 9 6 -4 15
6 Cardiff MU 13 4 3 6 11 16 8 2 2 4 6 10 5 2 1 2 5 6 -5 15
7 Haverfordwest County 12 3 4 5 18 22 6 0 3 3 5 15 6 3 1 2 11 7 -4 13
8 Caernarfon Town 12 3 3 6 16 24 7 1 2 4 7 15 5 2 1 2 9 9 -8 12
9 Aberystwyth Town 11 2 4 5 18 24 4 1 1 2 8 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 10
10 Newtown 13 2 4 7 16 22 6 2 2 2 11 10 7 0 2 5 5 12 -6 10
11 Flint Town United 13 3 0 10 12 29 5 1 0 4 2 6 8 2 0 6 10 23 -17 9
12 Cefn Druids 10 1 2 7 8 24 5 0 1 4 2 14 5 1 1 3 6 10 -16 5