National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dinas Powys or Afan Lido that keep their silverware dream alive.
Dinas Powys form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Welsh Cup for Dinas Powys, as the manager led his troops to eliminate AC Pontymister, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Welsh Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.7-1-9 (win-draw-lost) are the Welsh League Division 1 numbers at home for Dinas Powys so far this season.
It's back home for Dinas Powys, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AC Pontymister away with the result 2-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cwmamman United (0-4).A decent goal production from Dinas in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. Dinas Powys are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (37 from 17 played).
Afan Lido form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Port Talbot Town in order to reach 2nd round of Welsh Cup. They also participated in Welsh Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Afan Lido playing as the away team in the Welsh League Division 1 this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Afan, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Afan play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-0 victory visiting Port Talbot Town. As mentioned above, Afan Lido was the only team on the pitch versus Port Talbot Town in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
It was a Welsh League Division 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Ammanford wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Afan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. For Afan, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding six meetings): Dinas won one game, one match ended with a draw and Afan Lido have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeDinas Powys missing players
Afan Lido missing players
| Dinas Powys | Afan Lido | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 58 | ||
| 65 | 27 | Conceded | C | 35 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 82% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 73% | 48% | ||
| 76% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 76% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambrian & Clydach | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 73 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 31 | 68 |
| 2 | Goytre United | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 82 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 37 | 66 |
| 3 | Afan Lido | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 63 |
| 4 | Caldicot Town | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 55 |
| 5 | Bryntirion Athletic | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 54 |
| 6 | Taff's Well | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 50 |
| 7 | Barry Town United | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 49 |
| 8 | Pontardawe Town | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 47 |
| 9 | Bridgend Town | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | Aberdare Town | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 44 |
| 11 | West End | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 80 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 50 | -20 | 44 |
| 12 | Cardiff Corinthians | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 63 | 69 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 42 | -6 | 43 |
| 13 | Garden Village | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 29 | -6 | 42 |
| 14 | Ton Pentre | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 65 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -9 | 41 |
| 15 | Ely Rangers | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -21 | 36 |
| 16 | Bettws | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 33 | -21 | 36 |
| 17 | Dinas Powys | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 50 | 83 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 46 | -33 | 31 |
| 18 | Caerleon | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 36 | -30 | 30 |