Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pontypridd Town AFC & Abertillery Bluebirds face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Welsh Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Pontypridd Town AFC and Abertillery Bluebirds should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Pontypridd Town AFC form and stats
Last season, Pontypridd's Welsh Cup journey ended in the 4th round.Pontypridd Town AFC have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-2.
Pontypridd Town AFC's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Haverfordwest County. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Pontypridd Town AFC lost 0-4 at The New Saints's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pontypridd as they are travelling to their away game against Barry Town United in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pontypridd Town AFC here at UWA Sports Park A in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 6 games). Defensively Pontypridd have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Abertillery Bluebirds form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Caerphilly Athletic in order to reach 2nd round of Welsh Cup.Home advantage was not enough for Abertillery Bluebirds in their previous game as they lost hosting Cwmbran Celtic, 1-4.
A 1-1 draw at Baglan Dragons's stadium before that.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Ahmun 1 goals | K. Davies 1 goals | J. Karadogan 1 goals |
Pontypridd Town AFC missing players
Abertillery Bluebirds missing players
| Pontypridd Town AFC | Abertillery Bluebirds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 43% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.4 | 0.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 140% | 240% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 29 |
| 2 | Connah's Quay | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Newtown | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Caernarfon Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Penybont | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Bala Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Cardiff MU | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Pontypridd Town AFC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Haverfordwest County | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Colwyn Bay | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 11 | Barry Town United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 12 | Aberystwyth Town | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -19 | 5 |
