Match preview: 26 points separate the squads up until now, Northampton Town having done best. Can Newport County pull off a surprise?
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
Newport County and Northampton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
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 4 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Rodney Parade. Two draws in a row at home now for Newport County.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after drawing with Colchester United (placed 21st) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Day, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.61 out of 10 in that game. Day topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Tranmere Rovers with a 3-1 scoreline.There will be little rest for Newport after this match as they are travelling to Stockport County for a League Two game in only three days.
Newport County aren't scoring a lot here at Rodney Parade in the league, with only {17 goals} from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Newport County have conceded 23 goals.
Northampton Town form and stats
9 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Northampton Town played 1-1 against Stevenage in their previous match. The attacker Appéré got a match rating of 7.15 in that game. Appéré scored one goal.
Prior to that result Northampton won their away game at Doncaster Rovers. The scoreline was 2-0.Low on goals? 13 of this team's most recent 14 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
A new game in only three days for Northampton Town, the League Two home match versus Gillingham. Busy days.
Northampton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 19 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Northampton Town as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Northampton Town have won or drawn the last 5 games (4-1-0) versus Newport.Newport County and Northampton Town have met already this season: Northampton Town - Newport County 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 20 goals |   O. Bogle 9 goals |  L. Appere 6 goals |
Newport County missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Newport County | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 38 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | 53 |
| 43 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 92% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 90% |
| 71% | 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | 69% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | 38% |
| 16% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| 3% | 6% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| 53% | 50% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 58% | 54% |
| 21% | 17% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| 34% | 39% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | 21% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 43% | 39% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | 32% |
| 10.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | 2.7 |
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most points (34) away in League Two
- Northampton Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
| 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 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 77 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 70 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 68 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 66 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 39 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 64 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 64 |
| 7 | Salford City | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 63 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 61 |
| 9 | Barrow | 39 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 58 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 57 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 51 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 54 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -14 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 39 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 50 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 50 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | -5 | 48 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -5 | 46 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -11 | 45 |
| 18 | Newport County | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | -5 | 44 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -15 | 44 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 39 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 39 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 46 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -12 | 38 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 39 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 64 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 37 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 39 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -25 | 35 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 39 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 59 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -25 | 29 |
