Cambridge United vs Newport County match preview

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (10847 seats)

Cambridge United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 45 points and a 20th position in the League Two table. Visiting Newport County holds 13th place with 57 pts.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two.

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Cambridge United form and stats

7-6-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Cambridge United so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager C. Calderwood led his Cambridge United to a defeat in the League Two match away at Mansfield Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Abbey Stadium. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bury with a 3-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cambridge United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cambridge United as a small favourite), we find six games. Cambridge United has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The Cambridge United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 20 in 20 matches. Cambridge United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Newport County form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newport County so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-12 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Newport County's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 0-0 vs Swindon Town. A draw for Newport County before that, at their own venue hosting Tranmere Rovers (0-0).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Newport County, 6 draws and 12 defeats.

Newport County have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. Newport County have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Newport County - Cambridge United 4-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cambridge United 5 wins, 0 draws and Newport County 5 victories.

Top Goalscorers

J. Brown
7 goals / 8 assists
D. Amoo
5 goals / 4 assists
G. Maris
5 goals / 5 assists

Cambridge United missing players

Newport County missing players

Cambridge United Newport County
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 19 38
37 20 Scored 23 48
58 21 Conceded 33 54
93% 85% Over 0.5 100% 89%
63% 55% Over 1.5 79% 66%
39% 35% Over 2.5 58% 47%
22% 20% Over 3.5 32% 32%
10% 10% Over 4.5 26% 26%
34% 45% Both teams to score 63% 50%
29% 35% Clean Sheet 11% 32%
44% 35% Failed To Score 26% 29%
Key stats this season:
  • Newport County hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newport County is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 41 17 11 13 55 45 20 10 3 7 30 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 41 15 14 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 20 8 5 7 24 24 3 59
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 40 16 9 15 49 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 57
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Macclesfield Town 41 9 12 20 45 68 21 5 9 7 25 34 20 4 3 13 20 34 -23 39
23 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
24 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37