This could be an interesting match as Newport County have their presumed home advantage while Cheltenham Town are ahead 8 points in the League Two table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newport County and Cheltenham Town.
Newport County form and stats
5-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Newport County so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Leyton Orient in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Exeter City.
This is expected to be a close game, with Newport County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newport County as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Newport County has won 11 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport County as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Newport County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Newport County have conceded only 10 goals.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
4-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cheltenham Town in their League Two matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Crawley Town game have they lost an away game, meaning Cheltenham Town has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Cheltenham Town has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Northampton Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Plymouth Argyle.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheltenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oldham Athletic in just three days.
Cheltenham Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Cheltenham Town are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 6 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newport County 3 wins, 5 draws and Cheltenham Town 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Amond 6 goals |   R. Broom 6 goals |  L. Varney 6 goals |
Newport County missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Newport County | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 87% |
| 59% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 58% | 74% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 17% | 35% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 45% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 33% | 52% |
| 36% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 50% | 35% |
| 27% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 42% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 8.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 267 | 168 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 85 | 223 |
| 67 | 45 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 31 | 81 |
| 30% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 42% |
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Newport County has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newport County is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 37 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Newport County | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 23 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 17 |