Goals either side of half time gave Penybont victory at home to Caernarfon, to continue our unbeaten start to the season at home.
In control throughout the match, a Chris Venables deflected effort, and a confident Tyler Walker finish gave Bont all three points at the DragonBet Stadium.
Nathan Wood had the first chance of the game. He went close to bagging for a second game in a row, after getting the better of Adrian Cieslewicz. He attempted to find the near post from the left hand side of the box, but the shot sailed over the bar.
Caernarfon went down the other end and thought they had taken the lead when Owain Wyn Evans powered an effort from the edge of the box into the bottom right hand corner. However, after a lengthy VAR check, the goal was ruled out for a handball in the buildup.
Bont would take the lead after 20 minutes through Chris Venables. From the edge of the box, Venables took on the half volley, after the ball fell to him. A heavy deflection sent Connor Roberts the wrong way and the ball trickled fortunately into the bottom right hand corner.
Venables went close to grabbing his second of the match five minutes later. He anticipated Eduino Vaz’s cross well to stab a sliding effort towards the bottom left hand corner. His shot forced a strong save from Connor Roberts who got down well to tip the ball around the post.
The visitors also had chances in the first half. The ball broke to Harry Charsley on the edge of the six yard box, but he blazed his effort over Alex Pennock’s crossbar.
Nathan Wood caused problems throughout the first half, and his tricks bamboozled Ryan Sears as he made his way into the box with Bont’s first attack of the second half. He picked out Chris Venables at the back post, but his close range header only found the side netting.
Minutes later, Bont would double our lead. Tom Mehew broke through the Caernarfon backline, in a similar fashion to what he did twice against Cardiff Met last week. He unselfishly found Tyler Walker who took a heavy touch, before composing himself to finish through Caernarfon ‘keeper Roberts’ legs.
While the first goal came from a moment of fortune, the second was decisive counter attacking football from Bont.
Harry Charsley curled a fantastic shot from range that looked destined for the top corner on the hour mark. However, his shot hit the stanchion and bounced away to safety.
Ryan Hill broke brilliantly from a Bont counter attack to pick out a position on the right hand side of the box. His looping cross was a difficult one for Tyler Walker to control, but he picked out a volley and struck it into the ground. However, his spinning effort spun away from Connor Roberts’ goal.
The match saw few chances in the last quarter of the match, as Bont controlled proceedings and sat on our lead.
Bont are next at home in Welsh Cup action against Cardiff Draconians on Friday 13th November. Our next match in the Cymru Premier is also at home, against Haverfordwest County the following Friday.
This match was sponsored by our Official Dental Partner, Bridgend Orthodontic Centre. To read more about our partnership follow the link: https://penybontfc.cymru/news/penybont-fc-welcomes-myorthodontist-as-official-dental-partner