TNS 1 Caernarfon Town 2
The New Saints fell to a second consecutive home defeat as Caernarfon Town left Park Hall 2-1 winners in the JD Cymru Premier on Wednesday night.
The Gwynedd side toasted their first win in Oswestry in six years as goals from Zack Clarke and Louis Lloyd cancelled out Leo Smith's early opener.
Declan McManus tested Caernarfon goalkeeper Harri Thomas inside the opening eight minutes before Smith broke the deadlock with a long range effort after 12 minutes.
Jordan Williams fired wide as TNS pressed for a second goal before Caernarfon threatened at the other end as goalkeeper Connor Roberts was forced to deny Matty Hill from close range.
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Caernarfon levelled before the break with Clarke slotting home Joe Faux's cross.
Clarke almost doubled his tally on the hour when he seized upon Danny Redmond's mistake to surge through only to be denied by the crossbar
Both sides created chances with Remi Oteh denied by Thomas while Redmond headed onto the bar with Ben Clark's follow up effort scrambled off the line by Phil Mooney.
Hill also fired wide for the visitors who were in dreamland on 82 minutes when Clarke picked out Louis Lloyd to slide past Roberts from 15 yards.
The Saints laid siege with Oteh denied by Thomas before Ryan Brobbel's free-kick narrowly failed to find the target as TNS tasted defeat at Park Hall for a second consecutive game.
TNS: Roberts, Marshall (Pask 67), Bodenham, McManus (Oteh 58), Redmond, J Williams, Clark (Cieslewicz 74), Bradley (Brobbel 58), Smith (D Williams 45), Davies. Subs: Karolak, Doforo.
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