Evenly matched teams: Morecambe vs Newport County match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Morecambe - Newport County!

Insights:
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither Morecambe nor Newport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Morecambe form and stats

9 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Morecambe have to build on here at Globe Arena in the League Two. Morecambe are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Morecambe shared the glory with Forest Green Rovers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Before that, Morecambe had a home game versus Carlisle United which ended with a victory 3-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Morecambe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Morecambe as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Morecambe has won six of these, drawn five and lost three.

A decent goal production from Morecambe in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Morecambe's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Newport County form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Newport County playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

The supporters enjoyed Newport's previous game versus Bradford City (placed 12th), a League Two 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Colchester United.

Late drama in the previous game, when Matthew Dolan scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Bradford City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: one win for Newport County, five draws and six defeats.

Newport has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Port Vale in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Newport County have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 23 goals have been scored. Newport County have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Newport County - Morecambe 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Morecambe victories, four draws and four Newport County wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Gomes
C. Gomes
12 goals
MorecambeA. Wildig
A. Wildig
7 goals

Morecambe missing players

Newport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 5 17 33
16 9 0 Won W 1 6 15
8 4 1 Drew D 2 5 9
10 3 3 Lost L 2 6 9
49 25 3 Scored S 5 23 42
46 18 10 Conceded C 5 18 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 73%
62% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 39%
29% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
6% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
68% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 58%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 33%
15% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 6% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.2 1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.5 12.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.9 12.5
1.9 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 3.5
77% 68% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 25

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.