League Two duel: Close contest expected between Macclesfield Town and Newport County

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Moss Rose Ground (6355 seats)

Macclesfield Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 39 points and a 22nd position in the League Two table. Visiting Newport County holds 11th place with 63 pts.

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.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

Macclesfield Town have collected 24 points from their home games so far after 5-9-7.

In their previous game, the manager S. Campbell led his Macclesfield Town to a defeat in the League Two match away at Northampton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Moss Rose Ground. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Forest Green Rovers.

Macclesfield Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 25 goals in 21 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Macclesfield Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 34 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Newport County form and stats

There's been little loot from Newport County's travels as they have only collected 21 points from 21 away games. Newport County only has 6 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Newport County, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Newport County's previous game versus Bury, a League Two 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Cambridge United with the score of 3-0.

Newport County find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 26 goals from 21 away fixtures. Newport County have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Newport County - Macclesfield Town 3-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 0 Macclesfield Town victories, 2 draws and 1 Newport County win.

Top Goalscorers

H. Smith
8 goals
M. Rose
5 goals / 1 assists
E. Durrell
3 goals / 1 assists

Macclesfield Town missing players

Newport County missing players

Macclesfield Town Newport County
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 42
46 25 Scored 26 55
73 34 Conceded 36 58
98% 95% Over 0.5 100% 90%
81% 86% Over 1.5 81% 67%
49% 48% Over 2.5 62% 50%
28% 29% Over 3.5 29% 31%
16% 19% Over 4.5 24% 24%
60% 71% Both teams to score 57% 48%
14% 14% Clean Sheet 14% 33%
28% 19% Failed To Score 29% 29%
 
4.2 4.7 Corners For (avg) 4.3 5.2
6.1 6.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.4 4.3
1.3 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.5
3 0 Red Cards (total) 0 2
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 43 23 15 5 73 39 21 11 9 1 35 20 22 12 6 4 38 19 34 84
2 Mansfield Town 43 20 16 7 66 35 22 14 5 3 37 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 31 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 22 9 12 69 46 21 13 4 4 33 13 22 9 5 8 36 33 23 75
4 Bury 43 21 11 11 77 53 21 13 5 3 48 24 22 8 6 8 29 29 24 74
5 Tranmere Rovers 43 20 11 12 61 46 22 14 4 4 32 12 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 43 19 13 11 63 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 22 12 5 5 37 23 21 70
7 Exeter City 43 18 11 14 58 48 22 11 3 8 33 25 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 65
8 Carlisle United 43 19 7 17 63 59 22 11 3 8 38 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 4 64
9 Colchester United 43 18 9 16 59 52 22 11 4 7 37 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 7 63
10 Stevenage 43 18 9 16 54 53 21 11 2 8 25 22 22 7 7 8 29 31 1 63
11 Newport County 42 18 9 15 55 58 21 12 6 3 29 22 21 6 3 12 26 36 -3 63
12 Swindon Town 43 15 16 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 22 8 7 7 26 26 3 61
13 Oldham Athletic 42 15 14 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 21 6 8 7 25 24 12 59
14 Crewe Alexandra 43 17 8 18 54 53 22 14 2 6 41 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 1 59
15 Northampton Town 43 13 18 12 56 56 22 7 11 4 28 25 21 6 7 8 28 31 0 57
16 Cheltenham Town 43 14 12 17 54 60 22 9 7 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 54
17 Grimsby Town 43 14 8 21 41 54 21 9 4 8 23 21 22 5 4 13 18 33 -13 50
18 Crawley Town 43 14 7 22 45 62 21 9 4 8 30 29 22 5 3 14 15 33 -17 49
19 Port Vale 43 12 11 20 37 52 22 7 3 12 24 35 21 5 8 8 13 17 -15 47
20 Morecambe 43 12 11 20 47 68 21 7 4 10 28 30 22 5 7 10 19 38 -21 47
21 Cambridge United 43 12 10 21 37 61 22 7 7 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 46
22 Macclesfield Town 43 9 12 22 46 73 21 5 9 7 25 34 22 4 3 15 21 39 -27 39
23 Yeovil Town 43 9 10 24 38 63 21 4 7 10 19 33 22 5 3 14 19 30 -25 37
24 Notts County 43 8 13 22 44 79 22 4 9 9 21 33 21 4 4 13 23 46 -35 37

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