Evenly matched teams: Newport County vs Exeter City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (11676 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 6th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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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Newport County form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Newport County at their home stadium (Rodney Parade) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Newport County, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The home team returns to Rodney Parade after sharing the points with Macclesfield Town (placed 14th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Northampton Town (0-2).

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 20 games. Newport County has won 12 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Newport County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. As for guarding their own goal, Newport County have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Exeter City form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Exeter City have produced an overall stat of 3-1-0 so far. Exeter City has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Exeter City won their last game, 2-0 versus Port Vale played at home. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Leyton Orient.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Exeter City playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 4 Exeter City wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Exeter City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Exeter City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newport County 3 wins, 4 draws and Exeter City 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Amond
4 goals
N. Law
4 goals / 3 assists
L. Martin
3 goals / 1 assists

Newport County missing players

Exeter City missing players

Newport County Exeter City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 4 9
4 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 5 1 Scored S 0 7 14
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
78% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 89%
44% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 56%
11% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
22% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
67% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 56%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
4.2 3.5 2 Corners For (avg) C F 0 7 6.7
5.2 6.5 11 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5 5.3
2 1.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 0.8
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Exeter City have not yet lost a game.
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newport County have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Newport County have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Newport County have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 0 - 2 Newport County
04-09-19 EFL Newport County 4 - 5 West Ham United U21
07-09-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Port Vale
14-09-19 LT Northampton Town 2 - 0 Newport County
17-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Newport County
21-09-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Exeter City
28-09-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Newport County
05-10-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Carlisle United
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 18:45 Exeter City
12-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 14:00 Newport County
Exeter City
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 0 Mansfield Town
03-09-19 EFL Exeter City 1 - 0 Cheltenham Town
07-09-19 LT Carlisle United 1 - 3 Exeter City
14-09-19 LT Exeter City 2 - 2 Leyton Orient
17-09-19 LT Exeter City 2 - 0 Port Vale
21-09-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Exeter City
28-09-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Grimsby Town
05-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Exeter City
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 18:45 Exeter City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 9 6 3 0 14 6 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 3 1 0 7 3 8 21
2 Crewe Alexandra 9 6 0 3 13 11 4 2 0 2 5 7 5 4 0 1 8 4 2 18
3 Cheltenham Town 9 5 2 2 17 9 5 4 1 0 15 7 4 1 1 2 2 2 8 17
4 Swindon Town 9 5 2 2 17 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 17
5 Forest Green Rovers 9 5 2 2 7 5 4 3 0 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 17
6 Newport County 9 4 4 1 8 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 16
7 Crawley Town 9 4 3 2 14 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 15
8 Cambridge United 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 14
9 Bradford City 9 4 2 3 11 8 4 2 1 1 5 2 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 14
10 Northampton Town 9 4 1 4 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 13
11 Grimsby Town 9 3 3 3 15 12 4 1 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 12
12 Plymouth Argyle 9 3 3 3 14 11 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 12
13 Colchester United 9 3 3 3 9 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 2 6 4 2 12
14 Macclesfield Town 9 3 3 3 10 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 0 12
15 Port Vale 9 3 3 3 9 12 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 0 2 3 4 10 -3 12
16 Salford City 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 3 1 6 8 -1 11
17 Carlisle United 9 3 2 4 11 15 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 2 0 2 6 7 -4 11
18 Mansfield Town 9 2 3 4 10 13 5 1 2 2 6 9 4 1 1 2 4 4 -3 9
19 Leyton Orient 9 2 3 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 6 8 -5 9
20 Walsall 9 2 3 4 4 9 4 0 2 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 -5 9
21 Oldham Athletic 9 1 4 4 9 14 4 0 2 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 6 9 -5 7
22 Morecambe 9 1 3 5 8 16 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 8 -8 6
23 Scunthorpe United 9 1 2 6 10 17 5 1 2 2 7 7 4 0 0 4 3 10 -7 5
24 Stevenage 9 0 3 6 6 14 5 0 1 4 4 8 4 0 2 2 2 6 -8 3

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