Perhaps a welcome break from league football as The New Saints & Newtown face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Welsh Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
5 - 1 - 7 with 19-25. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Newtown when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Newtown play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Saints have less rest than Newtown in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Flint Town United, so at least The New Saints are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
The New Saints form and stats
A good away victory last time out for The New Saints, who won 8-1 against Flint Town United. As mentioned above, Saints "killed" Flint Town United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. McManus was absolutely essential when The New Saints beat Flint Town United 8-1, scoring four goals.
Ahead of that match, The New Saints won a home game hosting Haverfordwest County (3-1).It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Saints, who have participated in two training matches. The New Saints have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Newtown form and stats
Newtown was sent out of Welsh Cup in the 3rd round last season.There were no winners in Newtown's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Connah's Quay.
That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Aberystwyth Town in the Premier League.Just as the home team, Newtown have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Newtown wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: seven wins for The New Saints, one draw and two wins for Newtown. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 19 goals |  A. Williams 13 goals | R. Brobbel 12 goals |
The New Saints missing players
Newtown missing players
| The New Saints | Newtown | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 84 | 45 | Scored | S | 35 | 54 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 7.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 15.3 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 48% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
