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Goals of Wales 24/25

Games Played
483
Goals Scored
1638
Average Goals
3.39

Welcome to the Goals of Wales, a data breakdown of goals scored in the 1st and 2nd Tier of Welsh football consisting of the JD Cymru Premier, North and South leagues. Here I look at who is scoring and when and if any trends stand out. I'll be adding more as we go.

A question you might ask is why? Well it's interesting to see over a season how teams did and by breaking down games into chunks, we can see where teams did well and not so well. At the end of the season, we'll do a big reveal of how everyone did, minute by minute.

The important numbers

Games Played
483
Goals Scored
1638
Average Goals
3.39
Best Attack
75 Airbus
Worst Defence
82 Prestatyn
Worst Attack
16 Penrhiwceiber
Best Defence
13 Haverfordwest
Penalty Goals
96
Nil Nils
22
Most Goals in Matchweek
43 - Week 12 (North)

Cleansheets

Goals are what we are about but cleansheets are also important too. Here's a breakdown of who is keeping it tight at the back across Welsh league football.

Haverfordwest are leading the way in Wales with 12 clean sheets. Colwyn Bay in the North are next on 10.

JD Cymru Premier logo
  • 13
    Haverfordwest
  • 10
    Bala & Penybont
  • 7
    Connah's Quay
  • 6
    TNS & Caernarfon
  • 5
    Flint Town
  • 4
    Cardiff Met
  • 3
    Newtown & Briton Ferry
  • 2
    Barry Town & Aberystwyth
JD Cymru North logo
  • 10
    Colwyn Bay
  • 9
    Airbus
  • 7
    Bangor 1876
  • 6
    Buckley
  • 5
    Gresford
  • 4
    Flint Mountain, Ruthin, Caersws & Holywell
  • 3
    Mold Alex, Denbigh & Llandudno
  • 2
    Penrhyncoch
  • 1
    Guilsfield, Prestatyn & Llay Welfare
JD Cymru South logo
  • 9
    Pontypridd
  • 8
    Llanelli & Carmarthen
  • 7
    Baglan Dragons & Cambrian
  • 6
    Llantwit Major, Caerau Ely & Trethomas
  • 5
    Trefelin
  • 4
    Newport City & Afon Lido
  • 3
    Ammanford & Penrhiwceiber
  • 2
    Cwmbran & Goytre
  • 1
    Taffs Well

Top Goalscorers

Here we look at the players who have scored 10 or more goals in the league this season.

Goals Games Player Team
18 21 Liam Eason Llanelli (was at Pontypridd United)
18 22 Jamie Breese Holywell Town
17 17 Danny Warren Airbus UK
17 18 Craig Lindfield Colwyn Bay
17 20 Noah Daley Carmarthen Town
15 21 Nathan Brown Denbigh
14 19 Keane Watts Penybont (now at Goytre United)
14 19 Gareth Tedstone Trethomas Bluebirds
14 20 Gwion Dafydd Colwyn Bay
14 21 Lewis Reed Ammanford
13 18 George Peers Airbus UK
13 19 Lee Trundle Trefelin
13 20 Mark Cadwallader Llandudno
12 18 Mike Hayes Flint Mountain
12 21 Jamie Hyne Guilsfield
11 18 James Davies Airbus UK
11 19 Ethan Cann Llanelli Town
10 16 Cameron Allen Guilsfield (Was Penrhyncoch)
10 17 Adam Stephens Llandudno
10 21 Owen Davies Denbigh
10 20 Danny Williams Llanelli Town
10 19 Sam Johnson Taffs Well
10 23 Louis Lloyd Caernarfon
10 23 Rhys Hughes Connah's Quay

Scoring trends

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1-9 mins

Early Starters

  • 10 Camarthen
  • 9 Airbus
  • 7 TNS

Wasn't The Plan

  • 9 Prestatyn
  • 7 Denbigh & Cwmbran
  • 6 Cwmbran
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40-45+ mins

Kept Pushing

  • 8 Airbus, Penybont, Goytre & TNS
  • 7 Goytre & Guilsfield

Lost Focus

  • 9 Prestatyn
  • 7 Briton Ferry
  • 6 Barry Town, Ammanford, Llandudno & Caernarfon
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85-90+ mins

Leave it late

  • 11 Colwyn Bay & Airbus
  • 10 TNS, Penrhyncoch
  • 9 Cwmbran & Caerau Ely

Couldn't hold out

  • 12 Llandudno
  • 11 Aberystwyth & Prestatyn
  • 10 Mold

When the goals were scored

First Half

goals /
1-4 52 Goals
5-9 78 Goals
10-14 77 Goals
15-19 75 Goals
20-24 80 Goals
25-29 84 Goals
30-34 80 Goals
35-39 73 Goals
40-45+ 147 Goals

Second Half

goals /
46-49 54 Goals
50-54 84 Goals
55-59 86 Goals
60-64 85 Goals
65-69 95 Goals
70-74 83 Goals
75-79 77 Goals
80-84 85 Goals
85-90 125 Goals
90+ 118 Goals

Did you know?

The JD Cymru North has one of the lowest draw rates in football this season. There have been so far 18 draws out of 161 games making it a draw rate of 11.2%. The JD Cymru Premier has a draw rate of 17.4% with 28 draws and the JD Cymru South is 20.4% with 34 draws. For comparison, the English Premiership has a draw rate of 26.85%, the Bundesliga is 25% and the Serie A is 29.05%. The Venezuelan (yes, the Venezuelan Primera) has a draw rate of 42.5%.

Data for some leagues taken from ChatGPT for transparency. Planning to verify myself.

Top 5 leagues in world football
ranked by draw rates

League Draw Percentage
Argentina Primera 33.06%
Italian Serie A 29.05%
Brazilian Série A 28.00%
Mexican Liga MX 27.00%
English Premiership 26.85%
JD Cymru North 11.20%

Leagues with lowest
draw percentages

League Draw Percentage
Scotland Highlands 17.50%
Germany Verbandsliga 17.50%
Armenia Premiership 16.50%
Finland Kolmonen 14.00%
Israel Liga Bet North 13.50%
JD Cymru North 11.20%