Haverfordwest County AFC v Penybont — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Cymru Premier · Friday, 14 August 2026 · 19:45. Final score 0–3 (half-time 0–2). Before kick-off we rated it 52% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals48%52%Under
Over 3.5 goals30%70%no pick
Both teams to score44%56%No

The result model puts Haverfordwest County AFC at 33%, the draw at 25% and Penybont at 41%, from expected goals of 1.29 and 1.46.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.1045%48%+3%
Under 2.5 goals1.7055%52%-3%
Both teams to score1.9149%44%-5%

Implied percentages have the bookmaker's margin removed, so they add to 100 and can be compared with our rating directly. Edge is simply the gap between the two. A positive edge means our model thinks the outcome is likelier than the price suggests — it is not a tip, and a high probability with a negative edge is a poor bet however safe it looks. Prices are a pre-match snapshot from a single bookmaker and move constantly.

Match odds: Haverfordwest County AFC 3.00, draw 3.30, Penybont 2.15.

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 2 this season (0 of 1 at home), Penybont 1 in 2 (1 of 1 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 49% and 55%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 2 and 2 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 50% and 43%.

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 48%.

Head to head. These sides have met 11 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 27%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 46%.

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 52%, from expected goals of 1.29 for Haverfordwest County AFC and 1.46 for Penybont. Folding in 30% of that view gives 48%.

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 AFC20%0%0%
Penybont250%0%50%

Head to head

2 May 26Penybont 2–0 Haverfordwest County AFCU2.5
7 Oct 25Penybont 2–1 Haverfordwest County AFCO2.5
8 Aug 25Haverfordwest County AFC 0–1 PenybontU2.5
21 Mar 25Haverfordwest County AFC 1–2 PenybontO2.5
1 Feb 25Penybont 0–0 Haverfordwest County AFCU2.5
3 Dec 24Penybont 1–0 Haverfordwest County AFCU2.5

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