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Goals of Wales 24/25

Games Played
422
Goals Scored
1438
Average Goals
3.41

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
422
Goals Scored
1437
Average Goals
3.41
Best Attack
67 Airbus
Worst Defence
75 Prestatyn
Worst Attack
14 Penrhiwceiber
Best Defence
10 Haverfordwest
Penalty Goals
84
Nil Nils
20
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. This season, they so far have only conceded 10 goals all season in the league. Not far behind are fellow Premiership competitors Bala and Penybont with 9.

As of 5th January

JD Cymru Premier logo
  • 12
    Haverfordwest
  • 9
    Bala & Penybont
  • 6
    Connah's Quay
  • 5
    TNS & Caernarfon
  • 4
    Flint Town & Cardiff Met
  • 3
    Newtown & Briton Ferry
  • 2
    Barry Town & Aberystwyth
JD Cymru North logo
  • 10
    Colwyn Bay
  • 9
    Airbus
  • 7
    Bangor 1876
  • 6
    Buckley
  • 4
    Holywell & Gresford
  • 3
    Mold Alex, Llandudno, Flint Mountain, Ruthin & Caersws
  • 2
    Penrhyncoch & Denbigh
  • 1
    Guilsfield & Llay Welfare
  • 0
    Prestatyn
JD Cymru South logo
  • 7
    Pontypridd, Baglan Dragons, Carmarthen, Llanelli & Cambrian
  • 6
    Caerau Ely & Pontypridd
  • 5
    Trethomas
  • 4
    Newport City, Afon Lido & Llantwit Major
  • 3
    Ammanford, Penrhiwceiber & Trefelin
  • 2
    Cwmbran
  • 1
    Goytre & 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
17 19 Jamie Breese Holywell Town
16 17 Liam Eason Pontypridd United (now at Llanelli)
16 18 Noah Daley Carmarthen Town
14 16 Craig Linfield Colwyn Bay
14 17 Keane Watts Goytre United (now at Penybont)
14 18 Gwion Dafydd Colwyn Bay
13 15 Danny Warren Airbus UK
12 15 George Peers Airbus UK
12 16 Gareth Tedstone Trethomas Bluebirds
12 18 Nathan Brown Denbigh
12 20 Lewis Reed Ammanford
11 15 James Davies Airbus UK
11 16 Lee Trundle Trefelin
11 18 Ethan Cann Llanelli Town
10 13 Cameron Allen Penrhyncoch
10 14 Mike Hayes Flint Mountain
10 18 Owen Davies Denbigh
10 19 Sam Johnson Taffs Well
10 20 Louis Lloyd Caernarfon
10 21 Rhys Hughes Connah's Quay

Scoring trends

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1-9 mins

Early Starters

  • 8 Airbus & Camarthen
  • 6 Llanelli & TNS

Wasn't The Plan

  • 9 Prestatyn
  • 7 Denbigh
  • 5 Cwmbran, Cambrian & Holywell
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40-45+ mins

Kept Pushing

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

Lost Focus

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

Leave it late

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

Couldn't hold out

  • 11 Llandudno & Aberystwyth
  • 10 Prestatyn
  • 8 Trethomas Bluebirds & Newtown

When the goals were scored

First Half

goals /
1-4 43 Goals
5-9 71 Goals
10-14 69 Goals
15-19 68 Goals
20-24 69 Goals
25-29 73 Goals
30-34 71 Goals
35-39 65 Goals
40-45+ 130 Goals

Second Half

goals /
46-49 47 Goals
50-54 70 Goals
55-59 79 Goals
60-64 78 Goals
65-69 79 Goals
70-74 74 Goals
75-79 65 Goals
80-84 74 Goals
85-90 109 Goals
90+ 104 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 143 games making it a draw rate of 12.58%. The JD Cymru Premier has a draw rate of 20.5% and the JD Cymru South is 23.3%. 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 12.58%

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 12.58%