Match preview Premier League: Newtown - Carmarthen Town at Latham Park

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Latham Park (3572 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Newtown fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Carmarthen Town.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Newtown form and stats

Newtown have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Newtown bring valid hopes of a third.

Happy days for Newtown in their previous game, a Welsh Cup match away at Barry Town United (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Barry Town United with a 1-0 scoreline.

The Newtown fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Newtown have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Carmarthen Town form and stats

Carmarthen Town have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-5 (8 played).

Carmarthen Town are looking to quickly end their 199 minutes long goal drought.

Carmarthen Town failed to get anything from their last game, a Welsh Cup home match vs Ammanford that ended with defeat 0-4. Prior to that match, the Carmarthen Town manager K. O'Leary faced defeat when travelling to The New Saints and losing 0-1.

Carmarthen Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Carmarthen Town have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Carmarthen Town have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Carmarthen Town - Newtown 1-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Newtown victories, 1 draw and 4 Carmarthen Town wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Carmarthen TownL. Bowen
L. Bowen
6 goals
NewtownN. Rushton
N. Rushton
4 goals
NewtownJ. Kenton
J. Kenton
3 goals

Newtown missing players

Carmarthen Town missing players

Newtown Carmarthen Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 3 8 16
6 3 0 Won W 1 1 1
3 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
7 1 0 Lost L 1 5 11
16 9 1 Scored S 6 10 17
21 6 1 Conceded C 5 13 31
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
44% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 62%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
6% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 19%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 56%
25% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 12%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 38%
 
3.8 4.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.2
5.5 3.7 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.7 6 5.8
1.5 1.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
121 61 14 Total Shots T S 20 57 126
41 24 5 Shots on Target S O 9 21 45
39% 38% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 48% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Carmarthen Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Carmarthen Town has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
  • Carmarthen Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newtown has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Newtown has the fewest points from losing position (0)

  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 16 11 2 3 49 16 8 7 0 1 15 5 8 4 2 2 34 11 33 35
2 Connah's Quay 16 9 7 0 28 11 8 5 3 0 18 8 8 4 4 0 10 3 17 34
3 Bala Town 16 10 2 4 35 12 8 5 1 2 14 6 8 5 1 2 21 6 23 32
4 Barry Town United 16 9 3 4 21 17 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 5 1 2 10 9 4 30
5 Caernarfon Town 15 8 3 4 24 20 8 6 2 0 14 5 7 2 1 4 10 15 4 27
6 Cefn Druids 16 7 3 6 24 22 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 3 2 3 10 9 2 24
7 Cardiff MU 16 5 6 5 19 20 7 3 2 2 6 7 9 2 4 3 13 13 -1 21
8 Newtown 16 6 3 7 16 21 7 3 3 1 9 6 9 3 0 6 7 15 -5 21
9 Aberystwyth Town 16 3 4 9 21 42 8 1 2 5 11 28 8 2 2 4 10 14 -21 13
10 Penybont 15 2 4 9 19 33 8 1 2 5 11 19 7 1 2 4 8 14 -14 10
11 Airbus UK 16 3 1 12 15 43 9 2 1 6 9 26 7 1 0 6 6 17 -28 10
12 Carmarthen Town 16 1 4 11 17 31 8 0 2 6 7 18 8 1 2 5 10 13 -14 7