Haverfordwest County AFC v Airbus UK — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Cymru Premier · Saturday, 1 August 2026. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 53% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals53%47%Over
Over 3.5 goals35%65%no pick
Both teams to score51%49%Yes

The result model puts Haverfordwest County AFC at 59%, the draw at 22% and Airbus UK at 20%, from expected goals of 2.06 and 1.12.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Cymru Premier has produced over 2.5 goals in 54% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Haverfordwest County AFC have 0 in 0 this season, Airbus UK 0 in 0. Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 54% and 54%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 0 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 52% and 54%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 53%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 62%, from expected goals of 2.06 for Haverfordwest County AFC and 1.12 for Airbus UK. Folding in 30% of that view gives 55%.

Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 53%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Haverfordwest County AFC0———
Airbus UK0———

Head to head

22 Apr 23Airbus UK 1–4 Haverfordwest County AFCO2.5
18 Mar 23Haverfordwest County AFC 4–0 Airbus UKO2.5
19 Nov 22Airbus UK 1–2 Haverfordwest County AFCO2.5
27 Aug 22Haverfordwest County AFC 3–0 Airbus UKO2.5

Things worth knowing

More: Haverfordwest County AFC season stats · Airbus UK season stats · Cymru Premier table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.