Cymru Premier · Friday, 23 October 2026 · 19:45. Our rating makes this 62% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Cymru Premier average is 55%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 62% | 38% | Over |
| Over 3.5 goals | 42% | 58% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 49% | 51% | No |
The result model puts The New Saints at 88%, the draw at 9% and Ammanford AFC at 4%, from expected goals of 3.35 and 0.6.
The league sets the starting point. Cymru Premier has produced over 2.5 goals in 55% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. The New Saints have 8 in 13 this season (4 of 7 at home), Ammanford AFC 8 in 13 (3 of 7 away). 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 57% and 57%.
Last season still counts, briefly. With 13 and 13 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 59% 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 56%.
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 75%, from expected goals of 3.35 for The New Saints and 0.6 for Ammanford AFC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 62%.
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.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Saints | 13 | 62% | 54% | 38% |
| Ammanford AFC | 13 | 62% | 38% | 46% |
More: The New Saints season stats · Ammanford AFC season stats · Cymru Premier table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.