Match Report
The New Saints (1st, 19 pts) visited Caernarfon Town (4th, 15 pts) with 4 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Caernarfon Town 2.57 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, The New Saints 2.43 and 0.43, with the league averaging 1.57.
Caernarfon Town entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The New Saints came in having won four on the spin.
The sides have met 19 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Caernarfon Town, 0 draws and 18 for The New Saints, at 3.95 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 37% of the wins in this fixture. 79% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 63%. Recent meetings have been cagier — 3 goals per game across the last five against 3.95 historically.
With 12 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, J. Walker was the man in the middle. The venue was The Oval, with room for 3,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: The New Saints led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-3.
Goal scorers
Caernarfon Town: Osian Evans (41'), Adrian Cieslewicz (55') · The New Saints: Ben Wilson (14'), Rhys Hughes (22'), Danny Davies (75')
Key stats
Possession: Caernarfon Town 43% · The New Saints 57% · Total shots: 8-23 · On target: 4-11 · Corners: 7-7