7th position in the League Two table for Bradford City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Newport County visits Northern Commercials Stadium.
The visiting Newport County played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match. That game, against Brighton U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Newport County.
Bradford City form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at Northern Commercials Stadium for Bradford City. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Bradford City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Macclesfield Town (placed 14th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Plymouth Argyle.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bradford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Bradford City in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Bradford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Northern Commercials Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Newport County form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. It's a growing despair in Newport County as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Brighton U21 in their previous outing. The EFL Trophy match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that game was the away FA Cup victory against Maldon & Tiptree with the score of 1-0.
It looked so good for Newport County vs Brighton U21, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 0-0 draw.
Newport County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The attacking power of Newport County when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Newport County as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Vaughan 6 goals |   P. Amond 5 goals |  T. Abrahams 3 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Newport County missing players
| Bradford City | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 94% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 88% |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 59% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 47% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 24% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 252 | 136 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 68 | 203 |
| 71 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 16 | 54 |
| 37% | 36% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 31% |
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newport County have scored away.
- Newport County has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Newport County has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 11 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | Salford City | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 19 |
| 22 | Walsall | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 19 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 14 |