Here's every piece of data you must learn, and some more, ahead of the Newport County - Doncaster Rovers match!
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
Newport County and Doncaster Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Newport County form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Newport County have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Rodney Parade.
A strong away win for Newport County against Crewe Alexandra the last match, as Zanzala and Norman were on target. Manager Coughlan felt very clever after Zanzala scored the winning goal against Crewe Alexandra, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute. Midfielder Norman was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Norman scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, a home defeat in the FA Cup against Derby County. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newport County have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Newport County here at Rodney Parade in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Newport have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Doncaster Rovers in their League Two matches away.
Miller was the last player to score for the away team. Doncaster Rovers haven't scored a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Walsall with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Close got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Close had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).
Prior to that match, the Doncaster Rovers manager Schofield faced defeat when travelling to Colchester United and losing 0-3.We have checked recent matches where Doncaster have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
As for defending, Doncaster Rovers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior two meetings featuring these two contenders are: zero wins for Newport County, one draw and one win for Doncaster Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 9 goals |   O. Bogle 7 goals |  N. Moriah-Welsh 3 goals |
Newport County missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Newport County | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 70% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 74% | 60% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 10.3 | 9.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 15.2 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Barrow | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Newport County | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
