Cardiff MU vs Bala Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cyncoed Campus Artificial Pitch (1875 seats)

Cardiff MU will want to employ their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 6 points behind Bala Town.

Insights:
  • Cardiff MU 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.

4-1-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Bala Town when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those seven matches are 15-6 (scored/conceded).

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last competitive action. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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Cardiff MU form and stats

Cardiff MU are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Cyncoed Campus Artificial Pitch. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 228 minutes without scoring a league goal. Rees was the last player to find the net.

Cardiff MU are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus The New Saints. As you see from the result above, Cardiff suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Ahead of that match, Cardiff MU lost 0-3 at home to Caernarfon Town.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Cardiff MU are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Cardiff have conceded 11 from these games.

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Bala Town form and stats

Playing away, Bala Town have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Bala Town on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The fans enjoyed Bala Town's previous fixture versus Flint Town United, a Welsh Cup win (2-0) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Aberystwyth Town in the Premier League.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Bala are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Bala Town as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Bala Town have not lost in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) against Cardiff MU.

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bala Town - Cardiff 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff MUS. Jones
S. Jones
6 goals
Cardiff MUL. Rees
L. Rees
5 goals
Bala TownG. Newell
G. Newell
5 goals

Cardiff MU missing players

Bala Town missing players

Cardiff MU Bala Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 7
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
14 8 2 Scored S 5 17 27
25 11 7 Conceded C 2 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 92%
54% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 46%
31% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 31%
15% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 31%
15% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 38%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
46% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
2.9 3.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 4.7
4.2 4.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.6 3.5
0.9 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
7.5 9.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 12.7 10
3.1 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.1 4.3
35% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 47% 48%
 
7.2 7.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.1 6.7
3.2 3.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 2.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bala Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bala Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cardiff MU have scored home.
  • Bala Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cardiff MU have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cardiff MU have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cardiff MU 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 13 12 1 0 41 5 7 7 0 0 22 4 6 5 1 0 19 1 36 37
2 Connah's Quay 13 10 0 3 21 7 7 7 0 0 11 1 6 3 0 3 10 6 14 30
3 Bala Town 13 7 3 3 27 13 6 3 2 1 10 7 7 4 1 2 17 6 14 24
4 Penybont 13 7 3 3 21 13 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 10 7 8 24
5 Caernarfon Town 13 7 0 6 21 17 8 6 0 2 16 8 5 1 0 4 5 9 4 21
6 Cardiff MU 13 6 0 7 14 25 6 4 0 2 8 11 7 2 0 5 6 14 -11 18
7 Flint Town United 13 4 3 6 14 18 4 1 2 1 3 3 9 3 1 5 11 15 -4 15
8 Aberystwyth Town 13 5 0 8 15 27 7 4 0 3 9 14 6 1 0 5 6 13 -12 15
9 Haverfordwest County 13 4 2 7 16 20 7 3 1 3 10 11 6 1 1 4 6 9 -4 14
10 Newtown 13 4 2 7 19 27 7 2 1 4 6 10 6 2 1 3 13 17 -8 14
11 Pontypridd Town AFC 13 4 1 8 12 23 7 3 0 4 7 14 6 1 1 4 5 9 -11 13
12 Airbus UK 13 0 1 12 9 35 6 0 1 5 6 22 7 0 0 7 3 13 -26 -2