It's only round two of the Premier League for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at Deeside College Stadium as Connah's Quay welcome Aberystwyth Town. Don't miss this preview!
Connah's Quay's stadium, Deeside College Stadium, has a grass surface. Aberystwyth Town have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Aberystwyth Town when playing on grass; 7 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses from 30 matches. They have scored {28 goals} in these games and conceded 51.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Connah's Quay form and stats
The previous season, Connah's Quay's league results were 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, producing 2nd place in the Premier League. Over these ten matches they scored {45 goals} and let in 23. Playing as the home side in the previous season Connah's Quay generated 2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with {5 goals} and 2 conceded.
Connah's are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-6 away versus The New Saints. Connah's Quay were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against The New Saints in the League Cup.
Aberystwyth Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Aberystwyth Town performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded {73 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 10/8 goals scored/conceded.
The manager Williams was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Park Avenue Ground. Aberystwyth Town suffered a 0-1 loss to Cardiff MU (placed 5th).
Previously, the League Cup win away at Barry Town United.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Connah's wins - draws - Aberystwyth Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Davies 1 goals |  N. Edwards 1 goals |
Connah's Quay missing players
Aberystwyth Town missing players
| Connah's Quay | Aberystwyth Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Connah's Quay | Last season | Aberystwyth Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 45 | 73 | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 34% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 41% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 6% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 7.6 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Caernarfon Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Penybont | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Bala Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cardiff MU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Haverfordwest County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Barry Town United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Aberystwyth Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Newtown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Connah's Quay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Colwyn Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 112 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 95 | 83 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Penybont | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 88 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 52 |
| 4 | Cardiff MU | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 52 |
| 5 | Bala Town | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 44 |
| 6 | Newtown | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 41 |
