Team Wales PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 ROUND 5 Team Wales PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 RESULTS WALES SCOTLAND Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 Italy 42-0 W 1 Ireland 12-19 L 2 Ireland 14-24 L 2 England 6-13 L 3 France 23-27 L 3 Italy 17-0 W 4 England 30-33 L 4 France 28-17 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 109 1 POINTS 63 5 27.3 1 POINTS / MATCH 15.8 5 12 3 TRIES SCORED 6 5 3.0 3 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 1.50 5 55.0% 4 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 47.6% 6 AGAINST 84 3 POINTS CONCEDED 49 6 21.0 3 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 12.3 6 10 2 TRIES CONCEDED 4 6 2.50 2 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 1.00 6 59.5% 2 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 40.8% 6 TYPES OF PLAY Wales Scotland 51.6% 40.1% 42.9% 47.1% 8.3% 10.0% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Dan Biggar 47 POINTS Adam Hastings 38 Josh Adams 3 TRIES SCORED Sean Maitland 2 Dan Biggar 4 TRY ASSISTS Adam Hastings 2 Hadleigh Parkes 52 CARRIES Jamie Ritchie 41 Nick Tompkins 333.6 METRES CARRIED Stuart Hogg 376.5 Johnny McNicholl 7 OFFLOADS Hamish Watson 3 Justin Tipuric 64 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Hamish Watson 65 Alun Wyn Jones 7 DOMINANT TACKLES Scott Cummings 9 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Wales Scotland Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 9.1% Penalty Try Scored 29.7% 9.1% 0.0% Penalty Shot Scored Points / Points / 9.1% Drop Goal Scored Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 54.1% 2.62 1.36 0.0% 0.0% 72.7% 13.5% 0.0% Opponent 22 entries / match 9.3 Opponent 22 entries / match 8.3 Rank 1 Rank 3 The number of occasions a team has entered the opposition 22 and how many points they have scored with the entries. The 22 entry will also be calcu- lated per ‘play’ and not simply crossing the 22m line on multiple occasions in a play. POWER GAME Wales Scotland 50.7% 49.1% 31.0% 29.1% 21.8% 18.3% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 773 Metres carried / match 668 Line breaks / match 5.5 Line breaks / match 4.3 The Power Game determines the direct impact of a team that dominates action areas including effectiveness of reaching the gainline, metres carried, and line breaks. DOMINANT TACKLES / TACKLE COUNT Wales Scotland % Tackles dominant 8.1% 8.1% 7.2% 10.2% % Turnover Tackles 1.9% 2.4% % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 81.8% 80.3% This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 HEAD TO HEAD - Wales have won 14 of their last 16 Six Nations games against Scotland (L2), this after winning just one of their initial four meet- ings in the Six Nations (D1, L2). - Wales have won nine of their 10 home games against Scotland in the Six Nations, including the last eight in a row, with Scot- land’s only victory in Wales in the Championship coming in 2002. - Wales’ have scored at least three tries in each of their last eight home games against Scotland in the Six Nations, crossing the try line 30 times in that spell and conceding just nine in reply. - Wales and Scotland will face each other in Llanelli for the first time; in fact, it will be the first time Wales have played there in the Championship since the Home Nations in 1893 (v Ireland). They did play a pair of Tests in Llanelli in 1998 though, against Italy and Argentina. - Wales defeated Scotland 51-3 in 2014, only against Italy in 2016 (67-14) have they won a Six Nations match by a greater mar- gin. COMMON STATISTICS - Wales have scored four tries originating from inside their own half in this year’s Six Nations, the joint most of any side (France also 4), while 50% of Scotland’s tries (3/6) have come from that range, the highest ratio of any side. - Wales have scored the most points in the Six Nations this year (109) and have the best goalkicking success rate (95%) of any nation; Wales and Scotland have each slotted nine penalty goals in the Championship this year, more than any other side. - Neither Scotland nor Wales have been shown a card of either colour in this Six Nations, the only sides to manage this; Wales are on a run of 10 games in the tournament without being shown a card, Scotland have been given just one yellow in their last 14 matches, and none in their last eight. - Wales have averaged 9.3 entries into the opposition 22 per game in the 2020 Six Nations, more than any other side, with only France (3.2) averaging more points per entry than Wales (2.6); Scotland have averaged the third most entries (8.3) but the second fewest points per entry (1.4). - Wales have averaged the most possession in this year’s Six Nations (54%) although it is Scotland who have recorded the most territory (55%). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. 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PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 WALES STATISTICS - Wales have lost their last three Six Nations games, their worst run in the Championship since a five-game losing streak span- ning the 2006 and 2007 editions. - Wales have made 48 offloads in their four games in the 2020 Six Nations, three more than the next best nation (Italy) and over twice as many as Scotland (17). - Nick Tompkins has made six linebreaks in the Six Nations in 2020, only Jacob Stockdale (8) has made more, while the Welsh centre also ranks joint second for tackle breaks (6, level with CJ Stander, Jake Polledri – 9). - George North is in line to win his 100th cap if he plays in this match (96 for Wales, 3 for Lions), Michael Hooper is the only other player from any nation to reach 100 caps before turning 29. - Alun Wyn Jones is set to win his 149th cap (140th for Wales, also 9 for Lions), in doing so becoming the most capped male rug- by player of all time (currently tied with Richie McCaw on 148). SCOTLAND STATISTICS - Scotland come into this match having won back-to-back games in the Six Nations, they’ve not won three in a row in the 5/6 Nations since 1996 when they beat Ireland, France and Wales in succession. - Scotland have run for 2671 metres from their 433 carries in the 2020 Six Nations, their average carry distance of 6.2 metres is the best rate of any side this year. - Three of Scotland’s tries in the Six Nations this year have originated from counter attacks, 50% of their total tries – no side has scored more tries or a higher proportion from counter attacks (France also 3). - Scotland’s Stuart Hogg has carried the ball for 377 metres in this Six Nations, the most of any player, whilst no player has made more metres over the gainline than him (305, also Jacob Stockdale). - Adam Hastings needs seven points to reach 100 for Scotland, he would be the 17th player to achieve this feat for Scotland, his father Gavin sits third on the all-time list with 667. ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 Statistic Team Rank Championship Average Points scored 109 1 21.1 Points scored / match 27.3 1 21.1 Tries scored 12 3 2.46 Tries scored / match 3.00 3 2.46 % Points scored from tries 55.0% 4 58.3% Conversion success % 91.7% 2 79.7% Successful penalties / match 2.25 1 1.63 Penalty shot success % 100.0% 1 76.5% POINTS PER MATCH 42 30 23 14 1 2 3 4 W L POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 9 (8.3%) Try-From Counter Attack 2 (16.67%) 11'-20' 11 (10.1%) 21'-30' 18 (16.5%) Try-From Lineout 6 (50.00%) 31'-HT 8 (7.3%) HT-50' 14 (12.8%) Try-From Scrum 2 (16.67%) 51'-60' 5 (4.6%) 61'-70' 2 (1.8%) Try-From Turnover 2 (16.67%) 71'-80' 42 (38.5%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player England 80 Dan Biggar Conversion made 78 Dan Biggar Conversion made 42 Dan Biggar Conversion made 40 Dan Biggar Penalty made 21 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made 9 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made France 75 Dan Biggar Conversion made 49 Dan Biggar Conversion made 35 Dan Biggar Penalty made 26 Dan Biggar Penalty made 4 Dan Biggar Penalty made Ireland 80 Leigh Halfpenny Conversion made 28 Dan Biggar Conversion made Italy 80 Leigh Halfpenny Conversion made 77 Leigh Halfpenny Conversion made 61 Dan Biggar Conversion made 31 Dan Biggar Conversion made 19 Dan Biggar Conversion missed 16 Dan Biggar Penalty made 11 Dan Biggar Penalty made CONVERSIONS Dan Biggar Leigh Halfpenny 1 (11.1%) Made: 8 Made: 3 3 (100.0%) Rank: 2 Rank: 5 8 (88.9%) PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Dan Biggar Leigh Halfpenny Made: 7 Made: 2 7 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) Rank: 2 Rank: 6 Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020.