📏 Form Guide

Cardiff Met

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Cardiff Met will be wanting a better result here after the 0-5 Premier League loss in their previous game against The New Saints.

Declan McManus (28', 75'), Daniel Williams (47') and Leo Smith (88') scored for The New Saints.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Cardiff Met have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Cardiff Met have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 16 goals along the way. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Newtown

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Newtown come into this meeting following a 5-0 Premier League win in the defeat of Caernarfon Town in their previous game.

For Newtown, the goals were scored by Aaron Williams (35', 54'), Zeli Ismail (77') and Louis Robles (90').

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Newtown, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Robins equalling 1.33.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 22/12/2022 shows us that Cardiff Met have won 3 of these games & Newtown 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them for The Archers and 7 coming from The Robins. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league fixture between the two was Premier League match day 5 on 09/03/2024 and the score finished Newtown 2-0 Cardiff Met.

🗞️ Team News: Cardiff Met

Harry Owen (unknown injury), Alaric Jones (unknown injury) and Charlie Corsby (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be able to feature for Cardiff Met gaffer Christian Edwards.

📰 Team News: Newtown

From a largely available group, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Newtown manager Chris Hughes to be concerned with. Lifumpa Mwandwe (Shoulder injury) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Newtown and Cardiff Met should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 13:05 21/04/2024