The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Newport County leading Southend United by 23 points. Match preview to follow:
- Newport County has the most dropped points from leading position (20) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (17) in League Two
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Two match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Rodney Parade. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Southend United have had more rest.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Rodney Parade. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
The Newport supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Grimsby Town in League Two and win 1-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Harrogate Town (1-2).
Newport goalkeeper Nick Townsend did an outstanding job against Grimsby Town with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Newport made it very difficult for themselves, when Scott Bennett got a red card in the 37th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Newport County won the match 1-0!
There will be little rest for Newport after this match as they are travelling to Port Vale for a League Two game in only four days.
The Newport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Newport County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rodney Parade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in League Two, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-4-7 (12 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Southend United who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Grimsby Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Southend United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-5 to Port Vale (placed 16th). A loss against Bradford City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Port Vale was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Goals are few and far between in Southend's away league games. Only 4 goals from 12 travels. As for defending, Southend rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Newport County-Southend United H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Newport three wins, Southend United one win, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Amond 5 goals | T. Abrahams 4 goals |
Newport County missing players
Southend United missing players
| Newport County | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 36 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 27 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 44 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 80% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 68% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15.5 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 42% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 27% |
- Newport County has the most dropped points from leading position (20) in League Two
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (17) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (4) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-18) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-27) in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 44 |
| 4 | Newport County | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Salford City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 12 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 22 | Barrow | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -27 | 20 |