League Two information and guide: Newport County moderate favourite to overwhelm Harrogate Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County have enginereed 3 home triumphs so far, Harrogate Town have won 2 away. Who boosts their records in this one?

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Harrogate Town.

It's no vacation for neither Newport County nor Harrogate Town 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

When playing at home in the League Two, Newport County have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Newport's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Colchester United (placed 21st). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league victory after five fixtures without. The attacker Evans was declared "man of the match" for Newport County with the rating of 8.12/10. Evans scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Newport County lost 1-2 at Salford City's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newport have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport County as they are travelling to their away game against Cheltenham Town in the EFL Trophy. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Newport are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Newport County have conceded 9 from these games.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Harrogate Town in their League Two matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Harrogate Town in their previous game as they lost hosting AFC Wimbledon, 0-1. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. McDonald was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender McDonald won 8 of 11 duels.

Prior to that result Harrogate won their away game at Milton Keynes Dons. The scoreline was 1-0.

Harrogate Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 15 defeats. From a total of 23 matches.

A new game in only three days for Harrogate Town, the EFL Trophy home match versus Accrington Stanley. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Harrogate Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior six meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Newport, one draw and two wins for Harrogate Town. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyW. Evans
W. Evans
8 goals
Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
4 goals
Newport CountyH. Charsley
H. Charsley
2 goals

Newport County missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Newport County Harrogate Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 4 Played P 2 6 11
4 3 3 Won W 1 2 4
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 1 1 Lost L 1 3 6
20 13 10 Scored S 2 4 9
22 9 6 Conceded C 2 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 45%
91% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 27%
55% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
73% 83% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 27%
18% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 27%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 45%
 
4.1 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.3
5.2 6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 5.9
1.8 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.5 9.5
4.5 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3.5
40% 52% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 23%
 
12.4 12.7 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 25.5 16 14.9
4.5 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Newport County's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Harrogate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Harrogate Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Harrogate Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newport County have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Harrogate Town.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • 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 11 7 2 2 26 20 5 5 0 0 15 8 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 23
2 AFC Wimbledon 11 5 5 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 10 20
3 Crewe Alexandra 11 5 5 1 26 17 6 4 2 0 15 8 5 1 3 1 11 9 9 20
4 Stockport County 11 6 2 3 22 13 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Crawley Town 11 6 2 3 20 19 6 5 0 1 13 5 5 1 2 2 7 14 1 20
6 Swindon Town 10 5 4 1 27 17 5 4 1 0 17 6 5 1 3 1 10 11 10 19
7 Mansfield Town 11 4 7 0 17 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 19
8 Gillingham 11 6 1 4 9 11 5 3 1 1 5 5 6 3 0 3 4 6 -2 19
9 Wrexham 11 4 5 2 23 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 5 1 3 1 3 7 0 17
10 Barrow 10 4 3 3 12 11 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 15
11 Milton Keynes Dons 11 4 3 4 16 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 15
12 Morecambe 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 15
13 Walsall 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 12 -2 15
14 Newport County 11 4 2 5 20 22 6 3 2 1 13 9 5 1 0 4 7 13 -2 14
15 Accrington Stanley 11 4 2 5 15 17 6 3 1 2 11 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -2 14
16 Grimsby Town 11 3 4 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -1 13
17 Salford City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 0 3 10 9 -2 13
18 Bradford City 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 13
19 Harrogate Town 11 4 1 6 9 12 5 2 0 3 5 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 -3 13
20 Doncaster Rovers 11 3 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -6 11
21 Colchester United 10 3 1 6 16 17 5 2 1 2 10 10 5 1 0 4 6 7 -1 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 0 8 15 20 6 3 0 3 11 8 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 9
23 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 1 8 10 22 6 0 0 6 4 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 -12 7
24 Sutton United 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -14 4

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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.