Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Newport County & Brighton & Hove Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Newport County and Brighton & Hove Albion 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.
Newport County form and stats
Action has already taken place for Newport in FA Cup as they have defeated Salford City and Leyton Orient to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.22 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at Rodney Parade for Newport County. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after being equal after 90 minutes with Crawley Town on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a League Two defeat to Oldham Athletic (2-4).
The Newport County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Newport have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Brighton & Hove Albion's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brighton & Hove Albion in their Premier League matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Brighton, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
There were no winners in Brighton's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 3-3 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers. A loss against Arsenal was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Brighton's duel with Wolverhampton Wanderers. It looked bad at 1-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Lewis Dunk found the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Manchester City.
Brighton find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Brighton & Hove Albion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Twine 6 goals |   N. Maupay 6 goals | P. Amond 5 goals |
Newport County missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Newport County | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Barrow | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 20 |
| 24 | Southend United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Everton | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 9 | Southampton | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Fulham | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -28 | 8 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 2 |