Newtown - Connah's Quay: Small difference between teams in Premier League clash

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: G.F. Grigg Latham Park (3572 seats)

Connah's Quay go to Newtown and G.F. Grigg Latham Park loaded with confidence, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Newtown is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
  • Connah's Quay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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.

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Newtown form and stats

Newtown have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Cardiff MU game Newtown has been unbeatable here at G.F. Grigg Latham Park producing four straight wins.

Newtown's previous game was also played at home, ending 6-1 versus Aberystwyth Town (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Newtown "killed" Aberystwyth Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Aberystwyth Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newtown have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league games highlights that 10 of them had goals from both sides.

Newtown have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at G.F. Grigg Latham Park with 18 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Newtown have conceded 13 goals.

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Connah's Quay form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Connah's Quay playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Connah's Quay as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Connah's Quay goalkeeper Andrew Firth is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Flint Town United (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Flint Town United.

Connah's Quay have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Premier League fixture versus Bala Town. A grim timetable for them!

The travelling fans enjoy Connah's's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Connah's Quay are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the sides played each other previously this season; Connah's Quay - Newtown 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newtown one win, two draws and Connah's Quay seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NewtownA. Williams
A. Williams
13 goals
Connah's QuayM. Wilde
M. Wilde
10 goals
NewtownL. Robles
L. Robles
8 goals

Newtown missing players

Connah's Quay missing players

Newtown Connah's Quay
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 8 19
10 5 0 Won W 2 4 13
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
8 4 2 Lost L 0 3 3
41 18 0 Scored S 3 12 32
36 13 3 Conceded C 0 7 12
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 95%
90% 80% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 68%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 37%
50% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 16%
45% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
70% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 32%
10% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 63%
25% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
4.8 4.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.9 5.4
5.3 5.4 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.9 4
1.6 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.8 8.8 2.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.8 11.2
3.9 3.5 0.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4
53% 51% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 42%
 
9.5 9.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.5 7.1
4.5 4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Connah's Quay have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Connah's Quay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Connah's Quay have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Newtown is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League

  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 19 16 3 0 69 6 9 9 0 0 40 4 10 7 3 0 29 2 63 51
2 Connah's Quay 19 13 3 3 32 12 11 9 2 0 20 5 8 4 1 3 12 7 20 42
3 Bala Town 19 11 3 5 39 18 9 6 2 1 16 8 10 5 1 4 23 10 21 36
4 Cardiff MU 20 11 2 7 24 28 10 7 1 2 13 12 10 4 1 5 11 16 -4 35
5 Penybont 19 9 5 5 26 18 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 4 3 3 12 9 8 32
6 Newtown 20 10 2 8 41 36 10 5 1 4 18 13 10 5 1 4 23 23 5 32
7 Haverfordwest County 20 7 3 10 26 31 10 5 2 3 16 14 10 2 1 7 10 17 -5 24
8 Caernarfon Town 19 7 1 11 28 34 11 6 0 5 19 17 8 1 1 6 9 17 -6 22
9 Flint Town United 19 5 5 9 18 27 8 2 4 2 7 9 11 3 1 7 11 18 -9 20
10 Pontypridd Town AFC 20 6 2 12 21 35 11 5 0 6 12 19 9 1 2 6 9 16 -14 20
11 Aberystwyth Town 19 6 0 13 20 53 9 5 0 4 12 17 10 1 0 9 8 36 -33 18
12 Airbus UK 19 0 1 18 12 58 9 0 1 8 8 34 10 0 0 10 4 24 -46 -2