Newport County vs Crawley Town pre-match info: Guests will have a hard 90 minutes at Rodney Parade

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County have performed excellent football so far this season, proven by 7th spot in the table. Crawley Town have a view both direction in the table from their 12th position.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in League Two
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Newport County form and stats

Newport County have played 20 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Newport, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

A strong away win for Newport County against Swindon Town the last match.

Preceding that match was the home game against Exeter City that was lost 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Newport County's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport as they are travelling to their away game against Sutton United in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Newport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rodney Parade with 38 goals in 20 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newport County have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Crawley Town form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Crawley Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Yems, the Crawley manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Crawley Town had fun at their own home (Rodney Parade) last time out, beating Barrow 1-0. Appiah scored. Midfield player Ferry was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Ferry served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Salford City before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Crawley Town playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, two draws and three home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Walsall in just three days.

Crawley Town find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Crawley have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Crawley Town - Newport County 1-1 was the product when these participants previously played each other, also in this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Newport, four draws and two wins for Crawley Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
24 goals
Crawley TownK. Appiah
K. Appiah
11 goals
Crawley TownT. Nichols
T. Nichols
10 goals

Newport County missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Newport County Crawley Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 19 40
18 9 2 Won W 1 7 15
12 6 2 Drew D 0 3 9
11 5 2 Lost L 5 9 16
63 38 12 Scored S 7 23 50
50 25 11 Conceded C 15 28 55
95% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 68% 68%
56% 65% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 57%
29% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 16% 25%
15% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 8%
54% 60% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 68% 68%
29% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 21% 20%
22% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 11% 18%
 
4.9 5.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.4
4.5 4.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5.2
1.6 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
13.6 15.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.7 11.1
5.2 5.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.4
29% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 36% 36%
 
12.2 11.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.4 12.1
3.7 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 4.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town 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 (9) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most scored goals (38) 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 40 22 13 5 69 33 21 13 4 4 31 15 19 9 9 1 38 18 36 79
2 Exeter City 40 20 14 6 58 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 22 74
3 Port Vale 41 20 12 9 63 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 20 9 6 5 30 22 24 72
4 Mansfield Town 40 20 9 11 57 44 19 13 3 3 32 19 21 7 6 8 25 25 13 69
5 Northampton Town 41 19 10 12 47 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 20 7 6 7 19 20 13 67
6 Bristol Rovers 41 19 10 12 56 45 20 12 3 5 30 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 11 67
7 Newport County 41 18 12 11 63 50 20 9 6 5 38 25 21 9 6 6 25 25 13 66
8 Salford City 41 18 11 12 52 36 21 10 7 4 29 17 20 8 4 8 23 19 16 65
9 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 11 12 47 37 21 14 3 4 32 16 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 65
10 Sutton United 40 18 10 12 59 46 20 12 5 3 33 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 13 64
11 Swindon Town 40 17 11 12 62 49 20 7 7 6 30 21 20 10 4 6 32 28 13 62
12 Crawley Town 40 15 9 16 50 55 21 8 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -5 54
13 Hartlepool United 41 14 11 16 42 55 20 9 7 4 24 20 21 5 4 12 18 35 -13 53
14 Leyton Orient 41 11 16 14 53 41 20 8 5 7 31 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 12 49
15 Bradford City 41 11 15 15 44 49 20 4 9 7 24 27 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 48
16 Rochdale 41 10 17 14 44 51 21 6 11 4 23 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -7 47
17 Harrogate Town 41 12 11 18 57 65 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 7 4 10 29 35 -8 47
18 Walsall 41 12 11 18 42 54 20 8 5 7 27 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -12 47
19 Carlisle United 41 12 11 18 36 55 21 6 7 8 16 22 20 6 4 10 20 33 -19 47
20 Colchester United 41 11 12 18 39 55 21 5 8 8 20 26 20 6 4 10 19 29 -16 45
21 Barrow 40 8 13 19 34 48 20 3 9 8 19 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -14 37
22 Oldham Athletic 41 9 10 22 42 64 20 5 3 12 25 35 21 4 7 10 17 29 -22 37
23 Stevenage 40 8 13 19 36 61 20 6 6 8 22 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -25 37
24 Scunthorpe United 41 4 12 25 26 76 21 3 5 13 13 34 20 1 7 12 13 42 -50 24

Read more about League Two

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.