Cardiff Met v Connah's Quay
Cymru Premier | Cardiff International Sports Stadium
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 2.30pm
Connah's Quay face Cardiff Met on Saturday seeking to protect their formidable unbeaten run in the Cymru Premier.
The Nomads are unbeaten in 11, with nine wins and two draws, ahead of the 2.30pm kick-off.
They face a Cardiff team who have won four and drawn three over the same number of games.
With 41 goals in 14 games so far this season, Connah's Quay are the league's second-highest scorers with 2.9 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 16 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Cardiff, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.6 goals per game.
In Jordan Davies, the Nomads have the league's most on-form striker so far this season. He has notched 11 goals in 14 appearances.
His goal rate of one every 112 minutes is much quicker than that of Eliot Evans, the Archers' top scorer with a goal every 242 minutes, and a total of four goals in 11 games.
The visitors are second in the table after 14 games, of which they have won 10 and drawn two, earning 32 points.
The home team are three places behind Connah's Quay in fifth, with six wins and four draws putting them on 22 points.
In the last five years, Cardiff and Connah's Quay have played each other on 16 occasions. Cardiff won two of them, Connah's Quay nine, and they drew five times.
On average, the Archers scored 0.6 goals and the Nomads 1.7 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on September 16, when Connah's Quay won 4-0 at home.
Cardiff's last match was on October 28, a 3-1 win against Pontypridd Town AFC, with Eliot Evans, Lewis Rees and Thomas Vincent getting the goals for the Archers.
Connah's Quay beat Caernarfon Town 6-1 last time out, on October 27, with Harry Franklin (four), Jack Kenny and Joshua Williams on the scoresheet.