Cefn Druids vs Bala Town match preview

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rhosymedre Stadium (2500 seats)

The visiting Bala Town side should be favourites in this visit to Cefn Druids, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Cefn Druids have the most conceded goals (42) in Premier League
  • Bala Town have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League

Druids have less rest than Bala Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Rhosymedre Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Bala Town have had more rest.

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Cefn Druids form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Cefn Druids, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Druids to get some points in this home game. The Druids manager Bruno Lopes might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Druids's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Newtown (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the home game against Barry Town United that was lost 0-1.

A goal frenzy last time out for Cefn Druids, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Newtown. Fun stuff to watch!

There will be little rest for Cefn Druids after this match as they are travelling to The New Saints for a Premier League game in only three days.

Druids aren't scoring a lot here at Rhosymedre Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Druids have allowed the opposition to score 26 goals here at Rhosymedre Stadium.

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Bala Town form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Bala Town playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Things are running smoothly for Bala who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Haverfordwest County. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Connah's Quay game have they lost an away game, meaning Bala has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Bala are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at The New Saints (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Cardiff MU.

A new game in only three days for Bala Town, the Premier League home match versus Connah's Quay. Busy days.

Bala Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Bala Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bala Town - Druids 2-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cefn Druids won three, Bala Town won five and two draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bala TownC. Venables
C. Venables
15 goals
Bala TownW. Evans
W. Evans
10 goals
Bala TownN. Peate
N. Peate
4 goals

Cefn Druids missing players

Bala Town missing players

Cefn Druids Bala Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 3 Played P 3 9 17
3 1 0 Won W 2 4 10
3 1 0 Drew D 1 5 6
12 8 3 Lost L 0 0 1
19 9 0 Scored S 5 15 39
42 26 11 Conceded C 3 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
94% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 94%
72% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 59%
39% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 35%
28% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 24%
72% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 82%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 18%
28% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 2.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.3 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 9.8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12 13.6
3.6 4.2 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.9 6.3
26% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 34% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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 more than double the goals of Cefn Druids.
  • Bala Town have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
  • Bala Town have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cefn Druids have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cefn Druids have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the fewest points (4) at home in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the most conceded goals (42) in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League
  • Cefn Druids 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 Connah's Quay 18 15 2 1 38 11 10 9 1 0 21 6 8 6 1 1 17 5 27 47
2 The New Saints 18 14 3 1 49 10 9 8 1 0 26 5 9 6 2 1 23 5 39 45
3 Bala Town 17 10 6 1 39 16 8 6 1 1 24 9 9 4 5 0 15 7 23 36
4 Penybont 17 8 3 6 24 22 7 3 2 2 12 12 10 5 1 4 12 10 2 27
5 Barry Town United 18 8 3 7 24 25 9 5 2 2 16 10 9 3 1 5 8 15 -1 27
6 Haverfordwest County 18 6 5 7 24 30 10 3 4 3 11 17 8 3 1 4 13 13 -6 23
7 Caernarfon Town 18 6 5 7 25 35 10 2 4 4 12 18 8 4 1 3 13 17 -10 23
8 Newtown 18 4 5 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 13 14 10 1 3 6 11 17 -7 17
9 Cardiff MU 18 4 4 10 14 26 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 2 1 6 7 15 -12 16
10 Aberystwyth Town 18 3 5 10 25 37 8 2 1 5 13 16 10 1 4 5 12 21 -12 14
11 Flint Town United 18 4 0 14 19 39 9 2 0 7 6 10 9 2 0 7 13 29 -20 12
12 Cefn Druids 18 3 3 12 19 42 10 1 1 8 9 26 8 2 2 4 10 16 -23 12