Thursday , 2 July 2026

The New Saints FC vs BK Hacken, Champions League Q 2023 ROUND 1

Champions League Qualification · 2023
The New Saints FC
0 – 2
Full Time
BK Hacken
Tue 18 Jul 2023 · 18:00 UTC Park Hall Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Jordan Williams 18' Y
Daniel Davies 45' Y
Y 45' Ibrahim Sadiq

Overview

Match Preview

The New Saints FC vs BK Hacken — Champions League Q at Park Hall Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Dario Bel

Head-to-Head

2
The New Saints FC 2 games · Avg 3.0 goals BK Hacken
Last 5 meetings
2023-07-18 The New Saints FC 0–2 BK Hacken 2023-07-12 BK Hacken 3–1 The New Saints FC

Recent Form

The New Saints FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Jul BK Hacken H 0–2 L
12 Jul BK Hacken A 1–3 L
13 Jul Linfield FC A 0–2 L
05 Jul Linfield FC H 1–0 W
16 Sep B36 A 2–2 D
27 Aug MSK Zilina H 3–1 W
BK Hacken
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Jul The New Saints FC A 2–0 W
12 Jul The New Saints FC H 3–1 W
01 Aug AZ H 0–3 L
25 Jul AZ A 0–0 D
02 Aug RB Leipzig H 1–1 D
26 Jul RB Leipzig A 0–4 L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
The New Saints FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

The New Saints FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
1/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Park Hall Stadium will turn into a battlefield for The New Saints FC and BK Hacken.
  • 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Peter Abrahamsson suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 15' The New Saints FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
  • 18' It’s gonna be a card for Jordan Williams.
  • 19' What a strike from Ibrahim Sadiq! The score is 0-1.
  • 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ben Clark, as he is very good at scoring at Park Hall Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 34' The travelling BK Hacken supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 37' Another change for The New Saints FC made on 37 minute. Jon Routledge leaves to be changed by Daniel Williams.
  • 42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 44' It is a substitution in BK Hacken team. Simon Gustafson is replaced by Pontus Dahbo on 44 minute.
  • 45' The referee shows The New Saints FC player a card on 45.
  • 50' Tomas Totland has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 55' It looks surprising BK Hacken does not make any changes. Connor Roberts has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 60' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 61' Time for substitution for BK Hacken. Tobias Sana is replaced by Momodou Lamin Sonko.
  • 65' Another change for The New Saints FC made on 65 minute. Ben Clark leaves to be changed by Rory Holden.
  • 70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering BK Hacken that had 62 games and scored 29 goals.
  • 80' Another substitution for BK Hacken to replace Ibrahim Sadiq by Ola Kamara on 80 minute.
  • 85' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 90' Ryan Brobbel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • With this win, BK Hacken is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

The New Saints FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

BK Hacken Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.05 The New Saints FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.37 BK Hacken xG
I would bet for: BK Hacken or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
The New Saints FC29% Draw30% BK Hacken41%
Actual: BK Hacken win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.42
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 43%
57%
± 3.5 23%
77%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

The New Saints FC or Draw
58%
Draw or BK Hacken
71%
The New Saints FC or BK Hacken
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
The New Saints FC20% Draw50% BK Hacken30%
Actual: BK Hacken win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.7%
0 – 1
11.1%
0 – 0
11.1%
1 – 2
8.4%
1 – 0
8.2%
0 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
6.4%
2 – 0
4.7%
2 – 2
4.5%
1 – 3
3.9%
0 – 3
3.6%
3 – 1
2.3%

Asian Handicap — The New Saints FC

Handicap The New Saints FC covers Push BK Hacken covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 17% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 22% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 13% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

The New Saints FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
BK Hacken keeps clean sheet
36% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.