League Two game preview: Newport County vs AFC Wimbledon

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County have some lost ground to recover from their 18th position, and the job starts vs AFC Wimbledon. Read more!

Insights:
  • Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most clean sheets (6) away in League Two

Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Newport County form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Newport County have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Rodney Parade. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Newport County lost their last game at Carlisle United (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in four league games. Lewis (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.5/10. Lewis hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Newport County played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Rochdale.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 20 league games, 15 have contained two goals or less.

Newport County aren't scoring a lot here at Rodney Parade in the league, with only {11 goals} from 13 games. On the other hand, Newport County have conceded 16 goals.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

Playing away, AFC Wimbledon have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season.

Wimbledon have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 230 minutes ago. Davison was the goal scorer. 201 minutes! That's how long the AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper Nik Tzanev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

AFC Wimbledon played 0-0 against Bradford City in their previous match. Biler was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.93. The defender Biler won 9 of 14 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Crewe Alexandra that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where AFC Wimbledon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Walsall in just three days.

The visiting Wimbledon have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. AFC Wimbledon have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result AFC Wimbledon - Newport 1-1 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Newport County wins - draws - AFC Wimbledon wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC WimbledonJ. Davison
J. Davison
8 goals
Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
7 goals
AFC WimbledonE. Chislett
E. Chislett
7 goals

Newport County missing players

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Newport County AFC Wimbledon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 14 26
6 3 1 Won W 3 4 9
8 3 0 Drew D 2 5 9
12 7 4 Lost L 0 5 8
24 11 3 Scored S 6 15 29
30 16 7 Conceded C 2 17 28
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 71% 81%
69% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 65%
31% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 38%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 19%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 8%
46% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 46%
19% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 43% 38%
42% 46% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 35%
 
4.2 5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.8 4.3
4.3 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 6.1 5.8
1.7 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.6 11.9 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 8.4 9.3
1.8 2.1 1.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.7 2
50% 41% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 62% 56%
 
10.3 9.6 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 11.5 11
3.1 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.9 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most clean sheets (6) away in League Two
  • Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Leyton Orient 26 17 6 3 36 13 14 10 3 1 20 4 12 7 3 2 16 9 23 57
2 Stevenage 25 15 7 3 36 18 13 11 1 1 24 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 18 52
3 Northampton Town 26 13 7 6 40 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 13 6 4 3 20 15 12 46
4 Carlisle United 25 11 9 5 39 25 12 6 5 1 17 9 13 5 4 4 22 16 14 42
5 Salford City 25 12 5 8 34 24 13 5 4 4 15 13 12 7 1 4 19 11 10 41
6 Swindon Town 26 11 8 7 33 25 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 4 4 14 15 8 41
7 Bradford City 25 11 7 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 12 6 2 4 14 12 6 40
8 Barrow 26 12 4 10 32 30 13 8 1 4 19 11 13 4 3 6 13 19 2 40
9 Mansfield Town 26 11 6 9 36 35 13 5 5 3 21 19 13 6 1 6 15 16 1 39
10 Stockport County 24 11 4 9 35 23 12 6 3 3 17 10 12 5 1 6 18 13 12 37
11 Walsall 24 10 7 7 30 22 12 7 2 3 19 11 12 3 5 4 11 11 8 37
12 Doncaster Rovers 25 11 4 10 30 35 12 7 1 4 19 16 13 4 3 6 11 19 -5 37
13 AFC Wimbledon 26 9 9 8 29 28 12 5 4 3 14 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 1 36
14 Sutton United 27 10 6 11 27 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 14 2 4 8 11 23 -8 36
15 Tranmere Rovers 26 9 8 9 28 23 13 5 4 4 18 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 5 35
16 Grimsby Town 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 5 1 6 13 17 -6 30
17 Crewe Alexandra 24 7 9 8 20 28 13 5 4 4 14 13 11 2 5 4 6 15 -8 30
18 Newport County 26 6 8 12 24 30 13 3 3 7 11 16 13 3 5 5 13 14 -6 26
19 Colchester United 26 7 5 14 26 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 14 3 1 10 12 20 -7 26
20 Harrogate Town 25 6 6 13 32 40 13 4 4 5 18 20 12 2 2 8 14 20 -8 24
21 Crawley Town 24 5 7 12 26 39 12 5 1 6 15 17 12 0 6 6 11 22 -13 22
22 Rochdale 26 5 5 16 22 39 13 2 2 9 11 20 13 3 3 7 11 19 -17 20
23 Hartlepool United 25 4 7 14 24 47 12 2 5 5 11 21 13 2 2 9 13 26 -23 19
24 Gillingham 24 3 8 13 9 28 12 3 4 5 6 12 12 0 4 8 3 16 -19 17

Read more about League Two

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.