29th/30th Aug Welsh Premier League

[traeth]

this weekend's odds from coral
Friday
Airbus UK v Caernarfon 2.10 3.50 2.75
Carmarthen v Neath 1.667 3.60 4.00
TNS v Prestatyn 1.223 5.00 9.00

Saturday
Bangor v Haverfordwest 1.572 3.50 5.00
Caersws v Porthmadog 2.10 3.50 2.75
GAP Connah's Quay v Aberystwyth 2.10 3.50 2.75
Newtown v Welshpool 2.60 3.40 2.25
Port Talbot v Newi Cefn Druids 1.667 3.60 4.00
Rhyl v Llanelli 2.60 3.40 2.25

[traeth]

my first thoughts about Friday's fixtures

Airbus v Caernarfon
Two poor sides in my opinion ,Airbus started off well with an away win at Newtown .
Caernarfon have suffered two 1-0 defeats , one at Caersws and the other at home to Rhyl .
from the brief t.v. highlights they looked a better side against Rhyl so they could be improving.
A definate no bet for me , it could go any way.

Carmarthen v Neath
Carmarthen at home are a difficult side to beat at home .
Neath have had a disasterous start with two large defeats away
They started the season with a 6-2 defeat at Aberystwyth , followed by a 5-0 defeat at Connah's Quay.
They do not have a home fixture until Sunday 7th Sept against Bangor.
Looks like a home win but too early in the season to oppose Carmarthen yet , but those odds are poor.


T.N.S. v Prestatyn
TNS should win this one , they are yet to conceed a goal.
Playing on their plastic pitch gives TNS an advantage, last year's new boys Port Talbot had a moan about it after the first ganme of the season.
Prestatyn are this year's new boys and have started well with a home win and a home draw.
I can see them struggling on their first away visit .
I'm seriously considering TNS/TNS h.t./f.t.

[traeth]

Saturday
Port Talbot v Cefn Druids
Port Talbot were very good at home last season , whilst Cefn were very poor away.
Both sides have only one point so far , so both sides will look to get a win as they have both lost to TNS.
I think it will be Port Talbot that will gain that win after two difficult matches at TNS and Aber.
Port Talbot to win but poor odds again

Bangor v Haverfordwest
I saw Bangor win 6-0 at Porthmadog last week and the previous week they lost 0-2 to Champions Llanelli, Bangor were the best side in the second half when they missed a penalty.
Bangor finished fifth last season and looked a better side than when I saw them last season.
Haverfordwest were average away last season , so I'll be plumping for Bangor again this week
Bangor to win

Connahs Quay v Aberystwyth
Connah's Quay are top of the league following two good wins .
Both sides have beaten Neath at home , Aber won 6-2 on the opening day whilst Connah's Quay won 5-0 last week.
I believe that C.Q. position is false and Aber have the potential to win here .
I think that Aber can win this one , hoping for better odds from other bookies , I was expecting to get Aber @ 3.0

Caersws v Porthmadog
These two sides struggled last season and just avoided relegation.
I saw the League cup match between these two sides last week .Caersws won 3-2 playing some decent football , Port gave a game to some unexperienced players .The two goals Port scored were from set-piece mistakes
Caersws won the opening weekend match against last season's fellow strugglers Caernarfon , they lost to Llanelli last week.
From what I saw of my side Port last week we started well but once a goal was conceeded we were well beaten.
This one could be any of the three result with me hoping for an away win , but not willing to bet against my side again this week.
This is a no bet for me

Newtown v Welshpool
Newtown have lost their two opening games , Welshpool have had two draws.
Newtown will be one of the struggling sides this season , but Welshpool's start has not been impressive so I'm giving this match a miss as Welshpool could get another draw.

Rhyl v Llanelli
The top match of the weekend which is being shown live on S4C @ 17:45
Rhyl can be very defensive at home and have improved their squad this season as Lloydy posted in the other thread.
Llanelli have done the business in their opening two matches.
Rhyl started well but were not so impressive away at Caernarfon last week.
I cannot decide which way this match will go , I can see it being low scoring though , a draw perhaps ?

[traeth]

With odds better from bookies other than Coral my three bets for Saturday are:

Bangor @ 1.85 with sportingbet
Port Talbot @ 1.8 with bet365
Aberystwyth @ 3.1 with bluesq

[Belkin]

port talbot in their first home game should be able to beat poor druids. they lost 0-2 at tns, then drawn 1-1 at aberystwyth. druids 0-1-1, both games playd home. port talbot have nice h2h history 6-2-0 vs druids. port talbot 1.8.

thirs away game for welshpool, two draws until now, newtown two losses they are still to shoot a goal. welshpool i rate as a decent team with fair chances today, they beat newtown in 9 from last 12 games. welshpool @2.2

[traeth]

Friday's results

Originally Posted by traeth

my first thoughts about Friday's fixtures

Airbus 4v3 Caernarfon ...Airbus 3-0 after 25 mins
A definate no bet for me , it could go any way.

Carmarthen 5v2 Neath ... 2-2 hallf-time
Looks like a home win but too early in the season to oppose Carmarthen yet , but those odds are poor.


T.N.S. 2v0 Prestatyn ... 1-0 at half time
I'm seriously considering TNS/TNS h.t./f.t.

good luck with your bets belkin , Cefn were abysmal away last season

[traeth]

Originally Posted by traeth

my three bets for Saturday are:

Bangor @ 1.85 with sportingbet
Port Talbot @ 1.8 with bet365
Aberystwyth @ 3.1 with bluesq

this afternoons results

Bangor 1v1 Haverfordwest
Caersws 3v2 Porthmadog
Connah's Quay 1v2 Aberystwyth
Newtown 4v1 Welshpool
Port Talbot 3v2 Newi Cefn Druids
Rhyl v Llanelli...evening k.o.

two out of three aint bad

[traeth]

the result of the evening match

Rhyl 5-1 Llanelli ...got the low scoring bit wrong , it was 5-1 before the hour mark , Owen the Rhyl sub missed two sitters in the last 10 minutes.
They are coming to Porthmadog next Friday , we'll have to get a double decker from somewhere to park in front of the goal if we are going to stop Rhyl getting double figures .
I hope Lloydy got on Rhyl.

[rcgills]

Originally Posted by traeth

two out of three aint bad

Not bad at all, Traeth, especially when one of them is priced at 3.1

[BruceG]

Great game by Rhyl today. Fantastic.