Cardiff Met

Match report

Cardiff Met shared the points with Caernarfon Town in a 2:2 draw inside the Premier League's Regular Season round eleven. The visitors came into the fixture third on 22 points from ten games, while the hosts sat tenth with 14 from nine. By then, Caernarfon had already posted that 9:1 victory over Cambrian & Clydach, a result that made Cardiff's defence look nervously exposed.

J. Payne opened the scoring for Cardiff in the thirteenth minute, and the home side looked comfortable enough until discipline broke down. L. Mwandwe picked up two yellow cards in quick succession—nineteenth and thirty-seventh—before receiving his red on thirty-seven. To be fair, the hosts had already shown they could work a short corner, but the numerical advantage swung the momentum sharply.

Caernarfon responded through J. Veale in the sixty-fourth minute, and Cardiff pulled a string of substitutions to bring on A. Wildig, R. Sears and S. Bradley all at seventy-three minutes. O. Evans restored parity for Caernarfon in the eighty-seventh, and the late drama continued with a substitution for S. Snaith in stoppage time. The final moments brought another goal, though the provider did not attach a minute to it, only noting it came after ninety minutes and nine seconds.

The statistics tell a story of control without conversion. Cardiff managed 63 attacks with 36 per cent possession, registering just three shots on target against eleven off-target efforts for the visitors. Caernarfon must have felt they had the tie wrapped up after that late goal, but the hosts refused to let the result slip.

Cardiff remain tenth after this draw, a position that offers little comfort when you consider they've already lost to Conna & C. Quay and drawn with Flint Town United. Caernarfon hold third, but the gap between them and the leaders is no wider than it was before kickoff. And here's the thing—this was never going to be a match decided by possession or shots on target.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 36 – 64

Shots on target 3 – 6

Shots off target 1 – 11

Attacks 63 – 132

⚽ 13' J. Payne — Goal 🟨 14' P. Mendes — Yellow card 🟨 19' L. Mwandwe — Yellow card 🟨 27' N. Edwards — Yellow card 🟨 37' L. Mwandwe — Yellow card 🟥 37' L. Mwandwe — Red card 🟨 51' M. Jones — Yellow card ⚽ 64' J. Veale — Goal ⇄ 69' A. Wildig — Substitution ⇄ 73' R. Sears — Substitution ⇄ 73' S. Bradley — Substitution ⇄ 86' C. Craven — Substitution ⚽ 87' O. Evans — Goal ⇄ 90+3' S. Snaith — Substitution 🟨 90+4' C. Marriott — Yellow card ⇄ 90+5' A. Cieslewicz — Substitution ⚽ 90+9' Goal

Match events

13' 1:0 Cardiff Met Goal J. Payne
14' 1:0 Caernarfon Town Yellow card P. Mendes
19' 1:0 Cardiff Met Yellow card L. Mwandwe
27' 1:0 Caernarfon Town Yellow card N. Edwards
37' 1:0 Cardiff Met Yellow card L. Mwandwe
37' 1:0 Cardiff Met Red card L. Mwandwe
51' 1:0 Caernarfon Town Yellow card M. Jones
64' 2:0 Cardiff Met Goal J. Veale
69' 2:0 Cardiff Met Substitution A. Wildig off: J. Edwards
73' 2:0 Caernarfon Town Substitution R. Sears off: O. Zanzala
73' 2:0 Caernarfon Town Substitution S. Bradley off: S. Nyamwanza
86' 2:0 Cardiff Met Substitution C. Craven off: J. Hooper
87' 2:1 Caernarfon Town Goal O. Evans
90+3' 2:1 Cardiff Met Substitution S. Snaith off: H. Matthews
90+4' 2:1 Caernarfon Town Yellow card C. Marriott
90+5' 2:1 Caernarfon Town Substitution A. Cieslewicz off: P. Mooney
90+9' 2:2 Caernarfon Town Goal

Statistics

36 Possession, % 64

3 Shots on target 6

1 Shots off target 11

63 Attacks 132

3 Corners 11

9 Free kicks 3

0 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 4

1 Red cards 0

16 Goal kicks 4

9 Throw-ins 20

Match prediction: Cardiff Met — Caernarfon Town

Win: Caernarfon Town

Confidence 49%

Reasoning

Кардифф Мет — 10. place, 14 points after 9 games (4 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses)
Карнарвон Таун — 3. place, 22 points after 10 games (7 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses)
Кардифф Мет, last 5 games: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses
Карнарвон Таун, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
Head-to-head: 14 games, Кардифф Мет — 4, 4 draws, Карнарвон Таун — 6

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