Salford City vs Newport County: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

Here's the whole lot you should learn, and a little bit more, before the Salford City - Newport County game!

Insights:
  • Salford City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Little time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Carabao Cup game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at The Peninsula Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Newport County have had more rest.

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Salford City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Salford City with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Tranmere Rovers game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Salford City's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-4 versus Burnley (in Carabao Cup). Midfield player Watt got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Watt had 55 successful passes (of 67 total).

Heartbreak before that as Salford lost 2-3 at Harrogate Town's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Salford City are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Sutton United awaits in three days.

Salford City aren't scoring a lot here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Newport County form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Newport County have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.

Newport failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bradford City (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-4. The attacker Bogle got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Bogle scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Barrow.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newport County playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Newport County wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Both teams to score? This side's most recent statistics suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

After this away game Newport return home for a League Two game against Colchester United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Newport County are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Newport concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Salford City have been victorious in every one of the 4 latest games against this side. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyW. Evans
W. Evans
7 goals
Salford CityM. Smith
M. Smith
4 goals
Salford CityC. Hendry
C. Hendry
3 goals

Salford City missing players

Newport County missing players

Salford City Newport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
2 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 3 2 Lost L 0 3 4
11 3 2 Scored S 3 6 17
16 7 4 Conceded C 0 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 89%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 67%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
56% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 22%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
4.4 4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 3.4
5.4 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.8 5.6
2.6 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 14 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.2 11.9
3.4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.2 4.3
35% 21% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 29% 44%
 
14.1 14.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.5 12.4
4.6 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 5.8 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Newport County's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Salford City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Salford City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Salford City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Salford City 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 9 6 2 1 19 14 4 4 0 0 12 7 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 20
2 Gillingham 9 6 0 3 8 8 4 3 0 1 4 4 5 3 0 2 4 4 0 18
3 Mansfield Town 9 4 5 0 16 8 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 1 4 0 9 6 8 17
4 Crawley Town 9 5 2 2 17 17 5 4 0 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 7 12 0 17
5 Swindon Town 8 4 4 0 24 13 4 3 1 0 15 5 4 1 3 0 9 8 11 16
6 Crewe Alexandra 9 4 4 1 21 14 5 3 2 0 13 8 4 1 2 1 8 6 7 16
7 Wrexham 9 4 3 2 20 20 5 3 1 1 17 13 4 1 2 1 3 7 0 15
8 AFC Wimbledon 9 3 5 1 15 9 4 0 3 1 5 6 5 3 2 0 10 3 6 14
9 Stockport County 9 4 2 3 17 12 5 2 2 1 10 5 4 2 0 2 7 7 5 14
10 Milton Keynes Dons 9 4 2 3 16 15 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 11 11 1 14
11 Bradford City 9 3 4 2 10 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 1 13
12 Accrington Stanley 9 4 1 4 13 13 5 3 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 0 13
13 Barrow 8 3 3 2 8 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 2 2 2 5 5 1 12
14 Morecambe 8 3 2 3 9 10 5 3 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 -1 11
15 Newport County 9 3 2 4 17 19 5 2 2 1 11 8 4 1 0 3 6 11 -2 11
16 Walsall 9 3 2 4 12 16 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 11 -4 11
17 Grimsby Town 9 2 4 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 8 -1 10
18 Harrogate Town 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 3 7 -3 10
19 Doncaster Rovers 9 2 2 5 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 7 4 1 0 3 4 9 -7 8
20 Colchester United 8 2 1 5 10 11 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 5 5 -1 7
21 Salford City 9 2 1 6 11 16 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 2 0 3 8 9 -5 7
22 Forest Green Rovers 9 2 1 6 9 18 5 0 0 5 3 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 -9 7
23 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 0 7 12 15 5 2 0 3 9 7 4 0 0 4 3 8 -3 6
24 Sutton United 9 1 1 7 12 21 5 1 1 3 6 7 4 0 0 4 6 14 -9 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.