Early weight of the money suggest Newport County edge when meeting Crewe Alexandra

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County and Crewe Alexandra have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf term. Both teams occupy mid-table spots in the League Two.

Insights:
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Newport can neither be promoted or relegated from League Two. For Crewe Alexandra most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!

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Newport County form and stats

The League Two stats at home this season for Newport County are 6-6-10 (wins-draws-losses). Newport County are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Rodney Parade, having lost their two previous games here.

Newport enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gillingham's place. The match ended 2-1 with Norman and Bogle scoring. Midfielder Norman was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.22 (out of ten) in that game. Norman scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the home loss against Harrogate Town with the scoreline 2-3.

Newport County has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. Newport's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 28 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 22 away games in the League Two. Crewe Alexandra only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 9 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Crewe Alexandra's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Crewe Alexandra had fun at their own home (Rodney Parade) last time out, beating Bradford City 3-2. Agyei (2) and Long scored. Alexandra goalie Booth was high and low in the Bradford City game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Long, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.52. Long scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Swindon Town.

The attacking power of Crewe Alexandra when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 32 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Newport and Crewe Alexandra have duelled previously this season: Crewe Alexandra - Newport County 1-2. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Newport County victories, two draws and two Crewe Alexandra wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraD. Agyei
D. Agyei
16 goals
Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
15 goals
Crewe AlexandraC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
8 goals

Newport County missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newport County Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
14 6 2 Won W 2 3 14
14 6 0 Drew D 1 9 15
17 10 4 Lost L 3 10 16
51 25 4 Scored S 4 14 46
54 28 9 Conceded C 9 32 58
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 91%
76% 77% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 76%
40% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 42%
20% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
53% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 17% 36% 42%
22% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 31%
31% 32% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 36%
 
4.4 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.5
4.4 3.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.5 5.9
1.8 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
12.3 13.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8 9.3
2.6 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2 2.8
43% 38% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 36%
 
10.1 9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.7 13.6
3.2 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.3 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 45 20 15 10 60 42 22 9 9 4 32 22 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 45 14 15 16 46 58 23 11 6 6 32 26 22 3 9 10 14 32 -12 57
14 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
15 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
16 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

Crewe Alexandra:
England:
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 Leyton Orient 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 45 20 15 10 60 42 22 9 9 4 32 22 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 45 14 15 16 46 58 23 11 6 6 32 26 22 3 9 10 14 32 -12 57
14 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
15 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
16 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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