Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Cardiff MU (5th, 44 pts) and Aberystwyth Town (6th, 21 pts). On recent form Cardiff MU sat only 20th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Cardiff MU ran at 1.34 scored and 1.44 conceded, Aberystwyth Town at 0.88 and 2.22.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 5 Cardiff MU wins, 1 for Aberystwyth Town, 1 draw, at 3.29 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Cyncoed Campus Artificial Pitch in Caerdydd (capacity 1,875). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.