Match Report
Newtown AFC went into the game 5th in the table on 26 points; Aberystwyth Town sat 6th on 21 — a 5-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Newtown AFC: only 24th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Newtown AFC were scoring 1.13 and conceding 2.03, Aberystwyth Town 0.88 and 2.22, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Aberystwyth Town entered with eight losses in a row.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 7 for Newtown AFC, 2 for Aberystwyth Town and 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 30% of the meetings went to the host. History points to goals: 70% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match was played at G.F. Grigg Latham Park in Newtown (capacity 3,572). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-3.