FULL MATCH | Caernarfon Town v Cardiff Met | JD Cymru Premier Play-off Semi-final

LIVE FOOTBALL: Caernarfon Town v Cardiff Met | JD Cymru Premier Play-off Semi-final ⚽️

The winners of the play-offs will join The New Saints, Connah's Quay and Bala Town in the European qualifying rounds over the summer.

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Caernarfon Town played in the play-offs for the first time at the end of the 2018/19 season, losing 3-2 at the Oval against Cardiff Met in the semi-final.

The Cofis went a step further in the 2020/21 season, winning at Barry Town United in the semi-final before losing 5-3 at home to Newtown in the final.

Then in 2021/22, the Canaries finally won the play-offs by beating Cardiff Met and Flint Town United at the Oval.

But unfortunately for Caernarfon Town, 2021/22 was the only season where the play-off winners did not reach Europe (due to Wales’s position on the UEFA coefficient list), but instead qualified for the Scottish Challenge Cup, and so the Cofis are still desperate for their first taste of European football.

This will be Cardiff Met’s sixth appearance in the play-offs, and the Archers will be looking to win the knock-out competition for only the second time.

After ascending to the JD Cymru Premier in the summer of 2016, Met reached the play-off final three times in a row, losing against Bangor City in 2017, Cefn Druids in 2018, before beating Bala Town on penalties in 2019 and reached Europe for the only time in their history.

Since then, Cardiff Met have lost in the semi-finals of the play-off games in 2022 (vs Caernarfon Town) and again last year in 2023 (vs Haverfordwest County).

Cardiff Met have already played in two semi-finals this year but lost both matches against Swansea’s under-21’s (Nathaniel MG Cup) and The New Saints (JD Welsh Cup).

Momentum is the most key word when discussing the play-off games, and it’s fair to say that these two teams are lacking that all-important ingredient.

Caernarfon Town finished the season with a run of four games without a win (lost three, drawn one), with the only point coming from their last game at home against 10-man Bala Town.

It has been a difficult spell for the Cardiff Met crew as well, who have lost eight of their last nine games in all competitions.

The only consolation for Ryan Jenkins’ team is that their only win in the league since December came against Caernarfon Town.

Cardiff Met won 2-1 at the Oval in March, but before that the Cofis had gone on a run of 10 games without defeat against the students (won eight, drawn two).


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