The New Saints

Match report

New Saints beat Flint Town United 5-0 in the Premier League regular season round nine on Tuesday evening. The hosts took all three points at home and extended their lead at the top of the table. It was a comprehensive victory that left little doubt about the quality gap between the sides.

B. Young opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, and then J. Lock doubled the advantage before half-time. He scored again in the first minute of stoppage time to give New Saints a commanding 3-0 lead. By then Flint Town had already begun to look shell-shocked.

The visitors struck back with nothing, their only shot on target coming from a moment of desperation. New Saints controlled possession at seventy per cent and had eighteen corners to zero. They also registered fifteen shots on target against just one for the opposition. The statistics tell you everything about a game like this.

We had predicted a home win with eighty-four per cent confidence, and the result confirmed that assessment. It was never going to be anything else when the home side came out with that level of intent. Things came to a head quickly, and Flint Town simply could not respond.

I. Jefferies added a fourth in the eighty-second minute, and B. Wilson wrapped things up with a late strike. T. Owolabi picked up a booking for the visitors in the seventy-fifth minute, but it was too little, too late. The home side ran out of legs only at the very end, but the result was already decided.

New Saints now sit top of the table with twenty-five points after nine games, eight wins and one draw. Flint Town remain in fourteenth place with just two points from two draws and seven defeats. The gap at the top is now nine points, and New Saints fancy their chances of holding on to it.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 70 – 30

Shots on target 15 – 1

Shots off target 16 – 4

Attacks 81 – 66

⚽ 17' B. Young — Goal ⚽ 30' J. Lock — Goal ⚽ 45+1' J. Lock — Goal ⇄ 46' J. Thorn — Substitution ⇄ 46' H. Owen — Substitution ⇄ 63' D. Simeu — Substitution ⇄ 63' B. Young — Substitution ⇄ 68' J. Lock — Substitution ⇄ 69' A. Francis — Substitution ⇄ 69' B. Hughes — Substitution 🟨 75' T. Owolabi — Yellow card ⇄ 77' R. Hughes — Substitution ⇄ 77' D. Davies — Substitution ⇄ 81' L. Jonas — Substitution ⚽ 82' I. Jefferies — Goal ⚽ 90+1' B. Wilson — Goal

Match events

17' 1:0 The New Saints Goal B. Young
30' 2:0 The New Saints Goal J. Lock
45+1' 3:0 The New Saints Goal J. Lock
46' 3:0 Flint Town United Substitution J. Thorn off: L. Morrison
46' 3:0 Flint Town United Substitution H. Owen off: H. McGahey
63' 3:0 The New Saints Substitution D. Simeu off: H. Godsmark-Ford
63' 3:0 The New Saints Substitution B. Young off: R. Holden
68' 3:0 The New Saints Substitution J. Lock off: I. Jefferies
69' 3:0 Flint Town United Substitution A. Francis off: Y. Marquez
69' 3:0 Flint Town United Substitution B. Hughes off: A. Lear
75' 3:0 Flint Town United Yellow card T. Owolabi
77' 3:0 The New Saints Substitution R. Hughes off: B. Wilson
77' 3:0 The New Saints Substitution D. Davies off: Z. Nolan
81' 3:0 Flint Town United Substitution L. Jonas off: J. Tracy
82' 4:0 The New Saints Goal I. Jefferies
90+1' 5:0 The New Saints Goal B. Wilson

Statistics

70 Possession, % 30

15 Shots on target 1

16 Shots off target 4

81 Attacks 66

18 Corners 0

8 Free kicks 6

0 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 10

21 Throw-ins 9

Match prediction: The New Saints — Flint Town United

Win: The New Saints

Confidence 84%

Reasoning

Нью Сэнтс — 1. place, 22 points after 8 games (7 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
Флинт Таун Юнайтед — 13. place, 2 points after 8 games (0 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses)
Нью Сэнтс, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
Флинт Таун Юнайтед, last 5 games: 0 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses
Head-to-head: 7 games, Нью Сэнтс — 7, Флинт Таун Юнайтед — 0

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