Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bala Town & Pontypridd Town AFC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Welsh Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Premier League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Connah's Quay, was also a home game here at Maes Tegid. The away team is better rested.
Bala Town form and stats
Last season, Bala Town's Welsh Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bala, who played 0-0 against Connah's Quay. That match was also played at this venue (Maes Tegid).
Before that, Bala Town had a Premier League home game versus Pontypridd Town AFC which ended with a victory 3-0.Bala Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bala Town scored {2 goals} and let in {1 goals} during these one game.
Pontypridd Town AFC form and stats
Pontypridd's mission in Welsh Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Pontypridd Town AFC are travelling again after losing away to Bala Town in their previous match (0-3).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Bala Town.Head 2 Head
Last three meetings with these sides: Bala Town won two, Pontypridd Town AFC were winners in one and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Newell 7 goals |  B. Ahmun 7 goals | C. Venables 6 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Pontypridd Town AFC missing players
| Bala Town | Pontypridd Town AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 50% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
