National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newport County or Cambridge United that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Action has already taken place for Newport in Carabao Cup as they have defeated Swansea City to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Hopes of three in a row are alive for Newport after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Newport drew their last game, 1-1 away at Scunthorpe United.
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 Newport County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn eight and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Newport County as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Barrow are visiting.
Cambridge United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Birmingham City in order to reach 2nd Round of Carabao Cup. They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The supporters enjoyed Cambridge's previous game versus Carlisle United, a League Two 3-0 win played at home.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cambridge playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Cambridge United win, three draws and six defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Morecambe.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Newport victories, one draw and three Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Hannant 1 goals | J. Ironside 1 goals |
Newport County missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Newport County | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 307 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 137 | 278 | ||
| 83 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 86 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Walsall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Salford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Barrow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Newport County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Stevenage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Southend United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |