Football betting preview: The New Saints favourites when Bala Town arrive

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Competition: Wales Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Park Hall Stadium (2048 seats)

The The New Saints & Bala Town bosses Harrison and Caton are both anxious about and looking forward to this important game in the top regions of the Premier League league table.

Insights:
  • The New Saints have the most scored goals (80) in Premier League
  • Bala Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League

3 - 1 - 3 with 13-6. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Bala Town when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Bala Town play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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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The New Saints form and stats

This stadium, Park Hall Stadium, has been a fortress for The New Saints in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-0-0. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

The New Saints's previous fixture was a Welsh Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 7-0 versus Newtown. The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Flint Town United and winning 8-1.

Lots of goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 most recent league matches with this side has seen three goals or more.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of The New Saints is on fire here. A stunning 43 from 10 league matches. Saints are not conceding a lot of goals here at Park Hall Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 10 matches.

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Bala Town form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bala Town playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

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. Bala Town goalkeeper Harry Lloyd is eager to challenge this, with his 235 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The club members enjoyed Bala Town's previous match versus Pontypridd Town AFC, a Welsh Cup win (2-1) played at home.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Connah's Quay in the Premier League.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Bala are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

The New Saints have put together a sequence of 11 consecutive games without losing (7-4-0) when facing Bala Town.

Bala Town - The New Saints 0-5 was the result in these squads' last head-to-head game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

The New SaintsD. McManus
D. McManus
19 goals
SaintsR. Brobbel
R. Brobbel
12 goals
The New SaintsB. Clark
B. Clark
11 goals

The New Saints missing players

Bala Town missing players

The New Saints Bala Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
18 10 2 Won W 0 5 12
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
0 0 0 Lost L 2 4 5
80 43 3 Scored S 0 23 42
8 5 1 Conceded C 3 10 18
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
81% 90% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
62% 80% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 52%
52% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 24%
38% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 24%
33% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 38%
67% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 43%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 30% 24%
 
7.9 8.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.1 5.2
2.1 2.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.9 4.2
0.8 0.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.8 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
15.9 18.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 13.1 10.6
7.9 9.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.7 4.4
47% 45% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 45%
 
3.1 3.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 7.5 7
1 0.9 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.6 2.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bala Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bala Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
  • Bala Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • The New Saints have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • The New Saints have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • The New Saints have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • The New Saints have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the most points (30) at home in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the most scored goals (43) at home in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the most scored goals (80) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the the best goal difference (+38) at home in Premier League
  • The New Saints have the the best goal difference (+72) in Premier League
  • The New Saints have won all their matches at home so far.
  • The New Saints have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • The New Saints haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • The New Saints is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 21 18 3 0 80 8 10 10 0 0 43 5 11 8 3 0 37 3 72 57
2 Connah's Quay 21 13 5 3 32 12 11 9 2 0 20 5 10 4 3 3 12 7 20 44
3 Bala Town 21 12 4 5 42 18 11 7 3 1 19 8 10 5 1 4 23 10 24 40
4 Penybont 21 11 5 5 34 19 10 6 2 2 19 10 11 5 3 3 15 9 15 38
5 Cardiff MU 21 12 2 7 26 28 10 7 1 2 13 12 11 5 1 5 13 16 -2 38
6 Newtown 21 10 3 8 41 36 11 5 2 4 18 13 10 5 1 4 23 23 5 33
7 Caernarfon Town 21 8 1 12 32 39 11 6 0 5 19 17 10 2 1 7 13 22 -7 25
8 Haverfordwest County 21 7 3 11 27 34 10 5 2 3 16 14 11 2 1 8 11 20 -7 24
9 Flint Town United 21 5 6 10 20 36 10 2 5 3 9 18 11 3 1 7 11 18 -16 21
10 Pontypridd Town AFC 21 6 2 13 21 38 11 5 0 6 12 19 10 1 2 7 9 19 -17 20
11 Aberystwyth Town 21 6 1 14 21 57 10 5 0 5 12 20 11 1 1 9 9 37 -36 19
12 Airbus UK 21 0 1 20 12 63 11 0 1 10 8 39 10 0 0 10 4 24 -51 -2