Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Newport County & Salford City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. 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.
Newport County form and stats
Newport have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Leyton Orient. Last season, Newport County's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.This stadium, Rodney Parade, has been a fortress for Newport County in the League Two so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0. The Newport County fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Rodney Parade and will expect new points from this game. Newport County has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The spoils were shared in Newport's previous game, also at home. Visiting Walsall travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Newport County won a home game hosting Port Vale (1-0).
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn eight and lost two.
Newport are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Forest Green Rovers awaits in three days.
The Newport fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Newport County have conceded only 4 goals.
Salford City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hartlepool United in order to reach 2nd Round of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round replays.2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Salford City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Salford's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Salford go into this game after a win, the home game against Morecambe that ended 2-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Bradford City.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Salford City playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three Salford City wins, two draws and one defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Salford City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Carlisle United is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Salford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Salford City have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Newport won zero, Salford City won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 7 goals | A. Hunter 5 goals |  S. Twine 4 goals |
Newport County missing players
Salford City missing players
| Newport County | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 342 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 109 | 277 | ||
| 93 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 105 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |