Newport County look to Rodney Parade supporters for inspiration before Bristol Rovers match

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County have played well so far, being 6th spot in the table. Bristol Rovers have a view both up and down the table from the 9th place.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither Newport County nor Bristol Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Newport County form and stats

Newport County, who have the most scored goals (35) at home in League Two, have played 17 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Newport County drew their last game, also a home match. Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tranmere Rovers in a game that was won 4-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, three draws and six defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Newport County are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 17 league matches. Newport County have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Momentum is building for Bristol in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Bristol Rovers had fun at their own home (Rodney Parade) last time out, beating Barrow 1-0. Evans scored. Goalkeeper Belshaw got the top player rating of the team with 9.04/10. Belshaw topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Exeter City.

Bristol Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Crawley Town.

Bristol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Bristol Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bristol Rovers - Newport County 1-3 was the outcome when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season. Newport County-Bristol Rovers H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Newport County three wins, Bristol Rovers two wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
24 goals
NewportC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
8 goals
Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
8 goals

Newport County missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newport County Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 16 33
14 8 3 Won W 0 5 14
11 6 1 Drew D 2 6 9
9 3 1 Lost L 3 5 10
55 35 8 Scored S 4 22 46
45 21 4 Conceded C 10 21 40
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 79%
62% 71% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 45%
32% 41% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 27%
15% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 9%
59% 65% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 58%
24% 24% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 33%
21% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 12%
 
4.7 5.2 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.4 4.7
4.5 4.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5 5.1
1.7 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.2
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 8
 
14.1 16.4 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.8 11.6
5.6 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4.2
29% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 29% 33%
 
11.9 10.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 12.9 12
3.7 3.5 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.4 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most scored goals (35) at home in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.