Newtown vs Aberystwyth Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: G.F. Grigg Latham Park (3572 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Premier League so far, with Newtown placed 11th and Aberystwyth Town sitting in the 3rd position.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Newtown's stadium, G.F. Grigg Latham Park, 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; 11 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses from 34 matches. They have scored 49 goals in these games and conceded 63.

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Newtown form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at G.F. Grigg Latham Park. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from Newtown's 1 home games.

Newtown manager C. Hughes and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Haverfordwest County (placed 9th) in the Premier League. Preceding that match was the home game against Caernarfon Town that was lost 2-3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cefn Druids are coming to town in four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Newtown's 1 home game: 2 goals, 3 conceded.

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Aberystwyth Town form and stats

One match played away so far in the Premier League for Aberystwyth Town and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 2 games.

L. Jenkins, J. Evans and M. Jones scored in Aberystwyth's previous match, the home game against Flint Town United that ended 3-1. A 1-1 draw at Penybont's stadium before that.

It's early days yet, but Aberystwyth Town has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Newtown, one draw and four wins for Aberystwyth Town. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

NewtownJ. Davies
J. Davies
2 goals
Aberystwyth TownJ. Evans
J. Evans
2 goals
NewtownN. Rushton
N. Rushton
1 goals

Newtown missing players

Aberystwyth Town missing players

Newtown Aberystwyth Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 0 Scored S 1 1 6
6 3 0 Conceded C 1 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% 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 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
31 10 0 Total Shots T S 7 7 31
10 6 0 Shots on Target S O 2 2 15
40% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aberystwyth Town has the most scored goals (6) in Premier League
  • Newtown has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Premier League
Newtown Last season Aberystwyth Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 26
10 4   Won W   4 7
5 5   Drew D   4 6
10 3   Lost L   5 13
25 11   Scored S   18 36
30 10   Conceded C   20 55
88% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
64% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 81%
44% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 65%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 46%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 27%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   62% 65%
32% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 15%
32% 33%   Failed to Score F T   31% 27%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
199 107   Total Shots T S   127 241
76 46   Shots on Target S O   56 110
32% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
2 Flint Town United 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
3 Aberystwyth Town 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Bala Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Connah's Quay 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
6 Caernarfon Town 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
7 Cardiff MU 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 4
8 Barry Town United 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
9 Haverfordwest County 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Penybont 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
11 Newtown 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
12 Cefn Druids 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 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 Connah's Quay 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 56
2 The New Saints 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 52
3 Bala Town 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 49
4 Barry Town United 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 42
5 Caernarfon Town 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -3 38
6 Newtown 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 35