Like the Wizards, the Ravens have won one of their five league games this season. The teams are separated on bonus points with Aberavon having two, and Bridgend one.
Bridgend started their season with three losses as they lost at Cardiff (27-52), at home to Carmarthen (19-32), and then away to Pontypridd (17-27). At the start of October they beat Newport 29-25 at the Brewery Field, and gained a bonus point too for scoring 4 tries. Last weekend, the Ravens went down heavily 13-48 at home to Llandovery, despite being only two points adrift at the interval.
During the first batch of British & Irish Cup fixtures for Aberavon, Bridgend played three friendlies, with them losing 8-29 at Neath, 19-20 at home to Llanelli, and winning 13-5 against Neath at the Brewery Field.
Top try scorers for the Ravens are Ashleigh James and Tom O’Flaherty – both have three league tries, while top try points scorer is Ross Jones who has 18 points.
Looking at the Premiership, in “attack” this season, the Ravens have scored 21.0 points on average per game (ranked 9th) and 2.4 tries (ranked 9th). In “defence” they have conceded 36.8 points on average per game (ranked 12th) and 5.4 tries (ranked 12th). Aberavon have scored 17.0 points per game (ranked 12th) and 1.6 tries (ranked 11th), and conceded 23.8 points (ranked 6th) and 3.2 tries (ranked 9th).
Head-to-head, Aberavon and Bridgend have met each other 28 times in the league with the Ravens leading the series 14 – 12 with 2 games drawn. At the Talbot Athletic Ground, the Wizards lead 8 – 5 with 1 game drawn, and have won the last seven league encounters at the ground.
