League Two match prediction and game guide for the Newport County vs Sutton United scrap

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County confront Sutton United for glory and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two

This football pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Sutton United's home arena. The former 38 games by the visitors on grass have generated 8 wins, 10 draws and 20 losses.

Newport County and Sutton United 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.

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Newport County form and stats

The hosts won their first League Two game here at Rodney Parade, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Newport County last season were 6 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 games.

A strong away win for Newport County against Forest Green Rovers the last match, as Evans (2) and Lewis were on target. Evans has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. Outstanding! Evans, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.83 (out of 10). Evans scored two goals.

Heartbreak before that as Newport lost 2-4 at Crewe Alexandra's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Brentford in only three days. This game is also played here at Rodney Parade.

At Rodney Parade, Newport County has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Sutton United form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the League Two ended in defeat. Last season Sutton United had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 4, drew 8 and lost 11.

Sutton are looking to quickly end their 237 minutes long goal drought in the League Two.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus AFC Wimbledon with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Sowunmi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.23. The defender Sowunmi won 1 of 2 duels.

A loss against Gillingham was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Sutton United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sutton manager Gray as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Wycombe Wanderers.

It's early days yet, but Sutton United has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Newport County victories, three draws and two Sutton United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyW. Evans
W. Evans
5 goals
Sutton UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
2 goals
Newport CountyH. Charsley
H. Charsley
1 goals

Newport County missing players

Sutton United missing players

Newport County Sutton United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 0 1 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
9 4 4 Scored S 0 1 6
7 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
3.8 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2.8
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 7
1.8 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.2 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9.2
5.5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.8
41% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 40%
 
11.5 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 12.2
4.2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two
Newport County Last season Sutton United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 6   Won W   4 15
15 7   Drew D   8 13
17 10   Lost L   11 18
53 27   Scored S   20 46
56 30   Conceded C   37 58
93% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
76% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 72%
41% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 41%
22% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 15%
4% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
54% 52%   BTTS BTTS   48% 48%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 28%
30% 30%   Failed to Score F T   39% 33%
 
4.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.1
4.3 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12.5 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 11.2
2.8 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.5
42% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 29%
 
10.2 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 10.3
3.3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gillingham 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 12
2 Milton Keynes Dons 4 3 0 1 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 9
3 AFC Wimbledon 4 2 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 8
4 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
5 Salford City 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 7
6 Morecambe 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 7
7 Barrow 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
8 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
9 Notts County 4 2 1 1 7 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 7
10 Mansfield Town 4 1 3 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 5 5 3 6
11 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 3 0 10 8 3 1 2 0 8 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 6
12 Newport County 4 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 6
13 Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 9 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 5
15 Wrexham 4 1 2 1 13 13 3 1 1 1 12 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
16 Stockport County 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Walsall 4 1 1 2 7 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 5 8 -2 4
18 Bradford City 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -3 4
19 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
20 Sutton United 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
21 Harrogate Town 4 1 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 3
22 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -5 3
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 3 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 -7 1
24 Colchester United 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
Last season 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 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

Read more about League Two

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.