Premier League: Two teams in pretty good form get together for this fixture. The New Saints with a slight advantage with their 1st position in the league table?
- Cardiff MU have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
- The New Saints have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cardiff MU form and stats
Cardiff MU have collected seven points from their first three Premier League games here at Cyncoed Campus Artificial Pitch, a promising start.
Cardiff MU are returning here after visiting Afan Lido in a League Cup game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Connah's Quay.The match schedule is unforgiving for Cardiff as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Haverfordwest County are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cardiff MU at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
The New Saints form and stats
The seven points The New Saints have gathered from their first three away trips in the Premier League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
The regulars enjoyed The New Saints's previous fixture versus Porthmadog, a League Cup win (4-1) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Haverfordwest County in the Premier League.The schedule is very tough for The New Saints now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Caernarfon Town is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff MU-The New Saints H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff MU two wins, The New Saints six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). McManus loves to face Cardiff and have scored 8 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cieślewicz 4 goals |  R. Brobbel 3 goals |   E. Evans 2 goals |
Cardiff MU missing players
The New Saints missing players
| Cardiff MU | The New Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 2.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 20 | 22.6 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 10% | 33% |
| 8.9 | 7.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- Cardiff MU have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cardiff MU have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
- Cardiff MU have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- The New Saints have created more than twice as many corners as Cardiff MU.
- The New Saints have not yet lost a game.
- The New Saints have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- The New Saints have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff MU.
- The New Saints have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- The New Saints have the most clean sheets (3) away in Premier League
- The New Saints have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
- The New Saints have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League
- The New Saints have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- The New Saints have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Bala Town | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Penybont | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Caernarfon Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Cardiff MU | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Newtown | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Colwyn Bay | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Haverfordwest County | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Barry Town United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Aberystwyth Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -16 | 1 |
