Cymru Premier round-up
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Friday, 6 January
Flint Town United 1-1 Aberystwyth Town: A late Harry Owen equaliser for the hosts denied Aberystwyth Town. Jonathan Owen had finished off a superb move for struggling Aberystwyth, who stay in the relegation zone, one place and a point below Pontypridd, who have picking up four points from their last two games. Ninth-placed Flint remain ninth, two points above the drop zone.
Saturday, 7 January
Penybont 5-1 Caernarfon Town: Penybont underlined their credentials for already having confirmed their place in the Championship Conference for the third successive season by hammering Caernarfon. The visitors' poor recent form - now without a win in eight, including six successive losses - has seen them miss out on the top six. Keyon Reffell, Ryan Reynolds and Josh Yorwerth struck for the hosts before the break. Kostya Georgievsky added the fourth and after Iwan Cartwright's consolation, Tom Tweedy finished off Penybont's work.
Airbus UK Broughton 0-2 Cardiff Met: Goals from Harry Owen and Craig Davies ensured Cardiff Met are unbeaten in eight league games as they look forward to playing in the Championship Conference for the second half of the season. This was the first meeting of the season between the sides, with Airbus already marooned to the bottom of the table.
Bala Town 3-0 Pontypridd United: Goals from Chris Venables, Luke Wall and Lassana Mendes gave Bala Town instant revenge over Pontypridd, who had beaten the hosts 2-1 on Tuesday evening. That win saw Pontypridd move out of the relegation zone, where they stayed despite this defeat while Colin Caton's side stay third and had already secured their place in the top six.
Newtown 0-0 Connah's Quay Nomads: The visitors remain second and now 11 points off leaders The New Saints as neither side could break the deadlock at Newtown. Despite a poor start to the season, Newtown have secured their place in the Championship Conference and have added to their squad with Lifumpa Mwandwe returning on loan from Canadian side Halifax Wanderers
The New Saints 3-1 Haverfordwest County: Saints again extended their lead at the top of the table as they completed a comfortable double against Haverfordwest with a repeat of their winning scoreline from earlier in the season. On this occasion Ben Clark and Ryan Brobbel gave Saints a 2-0 lead at the break and after Ben Fawcett hit back, Ryan Brobbel struck late on to secure the win.
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