League Two fixture information and facts: Newport County host Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 03.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Both the home- and away side have had a low return so far, but three lovely points in this important game would definitely help. Get set for Newport County - Colchester United!

Insights:
  • Newport County have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colchester United have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Newport County nor Colchester United 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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Newport County form and stats

Newport County have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Newport County hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Salford City, Grimsby Town, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Doncaster Rovers, Forest Green Rovers and Sutton United), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

Newport County faced defeat in their previous match, away at Salford City (1-2). The attacker Bogle was named "man of the match" for Newport with the rating of 7.65/10. Bogle hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bradford City (1-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County 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 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league games with this team has seen three goals or more.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Newport, as the League Two home game vs Harrogate Town is only four days away.

Newport County can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Colchester United form and stats

Playing away, Colchester United have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Colchester are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Colchester United are travelling after their nice 5-4 home win in the fixture against Notts County (placed 1st). As you can tell from the result, the match against Notts County was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Fevrier was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.3/10. Fevrier scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 24 total).

Prior to that match, the Colchester United manager Garner faced defeat when travelling to Crewe Alexandra and losing 1-2.

We have checked recent matches where Colchester United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Colchester, the League Two home match versus Morecambe. Busy days.

Colchester United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Colchester have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Newport County wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyW. Evans
W. Evans
7 goals
Colchester UnitedJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
5 goals
NewportO. Bogle
O. Bogle
3 goals

Newport County missing players

Colchester United missing players

Newport County Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 4 9
3 2 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
18 11 7 Scored S 0 5 15
21 8 1 Conceded C 0 5 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 89%
90% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 56%
60% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 22%
70% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
20% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
3.7 3.6 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.2 6.2
5.2 6.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 5.7
1.8 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 10.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.5 14.7
4.3 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.7
42% 61% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 29%
 
12.2 12.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.8 14.8
4.6 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 5.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Newport County's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colchester United have scored away.
  • Newport County have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 10 6 2 2 23 19 4 4 0 0 12 7 6 2 2 2 11 12 4 20
2 Crawley Town 10 6 2 2 20 17 6 5 0 1 13 5 4 1 2 1 7 12 3 20
3 Swindon Town 9 5 4 0 26 14 5 4 1 0 17 6 4 1 3 0 9 8 12 19
4 Gillingham 10 6 1 3 9 9 5 3 1 1 5 5 5 3 0 2 4 4 0 19
5 Mansfield Town 10 4 6 0 17 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 18
6 AFC Wimbledon 10 4 5 1 19 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 5 3 2 0 10 3 9 17
7 Crewe Alexandra 10 4 5 1 24 17 5 3 2 0 13 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 7 17
8 Stockport County 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 7 17
9 Wrexham 10 4 4 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 4 1 2 1 3 7 0 16
10 Barrow 9 4 3 2 11 9 3 2 1 0 6 4 6 2 2 2 5 5 2 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 10 4 2 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 14
12 Morecambe 9 4 2 3 11 11 5 3 2 0 8 3 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 14
13 Walsall 10 4 2 4 15 17 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 14
14 Bradford City 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 13
15 Accrington Stanley 10 4 1 5 14 16 6 3 1 2 11 9 4 1 0 3 3 7 -2 13
16 Harrogate Town 10 4 1 5 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 6 2 1 3 4 7 -2 13
17 Newport County 10 3 2 5 18 21 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 1 0 4 7 13 -3 11
18 Colchester United 9 3 1 5 15 15 5 2 1 2 10 10 4 1 0 3 5 5 0 10
19 Grimsby Town 10 2 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 0 2 3 5 10 -2 10
20 Salford City 10 3 1 6 13 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 8 9 -4 10
21 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 2 6 11 19 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -8 8
22 Forest Green Rovers 10 2 1 7 10 20 6 0 0 6 4 15 4 2 1 1 6 5 -10 7
23 Tranmere Rovers 10 2 0 8 13 19 5 2 0 3 9 7 5 0 0 5 4 12 -6 6
24 Sutton United 10 1 1 8 12 24 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 0 0 5 6 17 -12 4

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.