The Newport County & Exeter City managers M. Flynn and M. Taylor are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Exeter City has the most scored goals (40) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Newport nor Exeter City 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.
Newport County form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at Rodney Parade for Newport County. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after being equal after 90 minutes with Crawley Town (placed 11th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Oldham Athletic (2-4).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newport have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn seven and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Newport County as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Southend United are visiting.
Newport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rodney Parade with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Newport have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (40) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.
Exeter played 1-1 against Forest Green Rovers in their previous match. A 1-2 loss hosting Harrogate Town before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Exeter City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Exeter, four draws and five defeats.
Exeter City has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Barrow in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Exeter have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 9 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Exeter rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Newport County-Exeter City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Newport three wins, Exeter City four wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Bowman 9 goals | M. Jay 9 goals |  S. Twine 6 goals |
Newport County missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Newport County | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 85% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 70% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 17.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.1 | 13.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 42% | 43% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 39% | 40% |
- Exeter City has the most scored goals (40) in League Two
- Exeter City has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in League Two
- Exeter City has the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two
- Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Walsall | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Barrow | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 23 | Southend United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |