Newtown will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind The New Saints.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Bala Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This stadium uses grass, unlike The New Saints's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.
Newtown form and stats
Newtown have secured 6 points from their first three home games. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Newtown after consecutive victories at their own ground.In their previous game, the manager C. Hughes led his Newtown to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Connah's Quay. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at G.F. Grigg Latham Park. Before that, Newtown had a home game versus Barry Town United which ended with a victory 3-0.
Goals decide football matches and Newtown are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 matches. Newtown's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
The New Saints form and stats
The New Saints are on a winning streak after three away games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels. In general it has been a productive period now for The New Saints as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Aberystwyth Town game have they lost an away game, meaning The New Saints has taken points from ten away matches in a row.Two travels in a row for The New Saints, whose manager S. Ruscoe could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Bala Town. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Barry Town United.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as The New Saints alone have scored more than three on average in their away games (12 from 3 played). The The New Saints defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (0 goals in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result The New Saints - Newtown 5-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 2 - 6 (Newtown wins - draws - The New Saints wins).Top Goalscorers
 
G. Draper
19 goals
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R. Brobbel
13 goals
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N. Rushton
10 goals
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Newtown missing players
The New Saints missing players
| Newtown | The New Saints | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | Played | 14 | 28 |
| 47 | 31 | Scored | 32 | 85 |
| 42 | 12 | Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 96% |
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 86% |
| 61% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 64% |
| 36% | 21% | Over 3.5 | 21% | 46% |
| 18% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 32% |
| 61% | 71% | Both teams to score | 21% | 29% |
| 25% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 64% | 61% |
| 18% | 0% | Failed To Score | 14% | 14% |
- Newtown hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newtown has scored in all of their 14 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | The New Saints | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 16 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Newtown | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 4 | Caernarfon Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 5 | Barry Town United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 6 | Bala Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
