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 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.
Bala Town form and stats
Bala have not come this way in the Welsh Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Brymbo FC. Last season their Welsh Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.It's back home for Bala, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Connah's Quay away with the result 1-0. D. Edwards found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Bala won a home game hosting Haverfordwest County (6-2).Pontypridd Town AFC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Penydarren BGC in order to reach 3rd round of Welsh Cup. Pontypridd Town AFC was sent out of Welsh Cup in the 3rd round last season.4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pontypridd Town AFC in their Welsh League Division 1 matches away. Things are running smoothly for Pontypridd Town AFC who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Haverfordwest County.
Pontypridd are travelling after their nice 6-0 home win in the Welsh Cup against Penydarren BGC. As mentioned above, Pontypridd was the only team on the pitch versus Penydarren BGC in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Undy Athletic.The travelling fans enjoy Pontypridd Town AFC's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Pontypridd Town AFC have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Edwards 4 goals |  N. Peate 1 goals | C. Woods 1 goals |
Bala Town missing players
Pontypridd Town AFC missing players
| Bala Town | Pontypridd Town AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 61 | 45 | Scored | S | 12 | 56 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 39% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 57% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swansea University | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Haverfordwest County | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 32 | 55 |
| 3 | Briton Ferry | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 29 | 47 |
| 4 | Cambrian & Clydach | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Llanelli Town | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 34 | -4 | 40 |
| 6 | STM Sports | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 39 |
| 7 | Ammanford | 25 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 8 | Goytre United | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 35 |
| 10 | Afan Lido | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Llantwit Major | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | -5 | 27 |
| 12 | Undy Athletic | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Cwmbran Celtic | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -15 | 22 |
| 14 | Taff's Well | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 64 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -24 | 21 |
| 15 | Cwmamman United | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Caerau (Ely) | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 8 |