Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swindon Town & Newport County face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon was eliminated in the group stage last season in the EFL Trophy.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Swindon Town have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at The County Ground.
A strong away win for Swindon Town against Crewe Alexandra the last match, as Louis Reed, Jack Payne and Tyreece Simpson were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Oldham Athletic and winning 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon Town handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and four defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Crawley Town in only four days. This game is also played here at The County Ground.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Swindon here at The County Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). On the other hand, Swindon have conceded 9 goals.
Newport County form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Newport County playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Newport are travelling again after losing away to Morecambe in their previous match (0-1).
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Stevenage in the League Two.We have checked recent matches where Newport have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, one draw and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Newport now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Hartlepool United is waiting in only three days.
Newport County have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Newport's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Swindon Town three wins, two draws and Newport County four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Telford 9 goals |  T. Simpson 6 goals | J. Payne 5 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Newport County missing players
| Swindon Town | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 9 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 10.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |