A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Newport County fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and Stevenage's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stevenage has the most matches under the total-line (21) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County have played 14 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Newport enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Walsall's place. The match ended 1-0 with Joss Labadie scoring. Ahead of that match, Newport County lost 0-2 at home to Forest Green Rovers.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, four draws and six defeats.
The manager M. Flynn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tranmere Rovers in only three days.
Newport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newport County have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Stevenage form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stevenage so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose).
Stevenage are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Port Vale (placed 18th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Walsall.
Stevenage are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, seven draws and ten defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Stevenage are hosting Forest Green Rovers in the League Two only three days away.
The attacking power of Stevenage when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Stevenage have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Stevenage - Newport 0-1 entered in the official records. Newport County-Stevenage H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Newport County two wins, Stevenage five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Amond 5 goals |  E. List 5 goals | M. Dolan 3 goals |
Newport County missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Newport County | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 38 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 31 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 31 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 81% | 77% |
| 76% | 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 56% | 52% |
| 41% | 43% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 32% |
| 10% | 7% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| 10% | 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 57% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 42% |
| 31% | 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 35% |
| 10% | 21% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 38% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 28% | 23% |
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stevenage has the most matches under the total-line (21) 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 | Cambridge United | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 52 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 51 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 50 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 49 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | Newport County | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Salford City | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 44 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 43 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 13 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 39 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 15 | Walsall | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 19 | -3 | 37 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 26 | -7 | 35 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 33 |
| 22 | Southend United | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -25 | 27 |
| 23 | Barrow | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 24 |