Match Report
The New Saints (3rd, 16 pts) visited Caernarfon Town (4th, 15 pts) with 1 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Caernarfon Town 2.57 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, The New Saints 2.67 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.61.
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.
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