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
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.
- 13Haverfordwest
- 10Bala & Penybont
- 7Connah's Quay
- 6TNS & Caernarfon
- 5Flint Town
- 4Cardiff Met
- 3Newtown & Briton Ferry
- 2Barry Town & Aberystwyth
- 10Colwyn Bay
- 9Airbus
- 7Bangor 1876
- 6Buckley
- 5Gresford
- 4Flint Mountain, Ruthin, Caersws & Holywell
- 3Mold Alex, Denbigh & Llandudno
- 2Penrhyncoch
- 1Guilsfield, Prestatyn & Llay Welfare
- 9Pontypridd
- 8Llanelli & Carmarthen
- 7Baglan Dragons & Cambrian
- 6Llantwit Major, Caerau Ely & Trethomas
- 5Trefelin
- 4Newport City & Afon Lido
- 3Ammanford & Penrhiwceiber
- 2Cwmbran & Goytre
- 1Taffs 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
1-9 mins
Early Starters
- 10 Camarthen
- 9 Airbus
- 7 TNS
Wasn't The Plan
- 9 Prestatyn
- 7 Denbigh & Cwmbran
- 6 Cwmbran
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
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 /Second Half
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% |