League Two duel: Close contest expected between Newport County and Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading antagonists are Newport County and Forest Green Rovers, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (62) in League Two

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 Forest Green Rovers.

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Newport County form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Newport County, who have the most scored goals (34) at home in League Two, have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.

A nice win for Newport last time playing, versus Tranmere Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-2 with Azaz, Telford (2) and Lewis scoring for the victors. Attacking player Telford outperformed all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.8 out of 10. Telford scored two goals, served one assist and hit three key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Mansfield Town.

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 16 games. Newport County has won eight of these, drawn three and lost five.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bristol Rovers are coming to town in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 16 games), Newport's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Newport County have conceded 20 goals.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (62) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 8 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Forest Green Rovers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Crawley Town (placed 13th). Bernard, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Bernard scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Walsall.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Forest Green Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Rovers wins, three draws and three defeats.

Forest Green Rovers have another match away from home in just four days, a League Two match vs Salford City. A rough diary for the visiting team!

Forest Green Rovers have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 35 goals from 16 away matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Forest Green Rovers - Newport 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Newport County victories, three draws and four Forest Green Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
24 goals
Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
20 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
17 goals

Newport County missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newport County Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
14 8 2 Won W 1 8 19
10 5 1 Drew D 3 7 9
9 3 2 Lost L 0 1 4
54 34 9 Scored S 6 35 62
44 20 8 Conceded C 2 16 27
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 91%
79% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 94% 84%
64% 75% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 41%
33% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 25%
15% 25% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
58% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 47%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 44%
21% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 6% 19%
 
4.8 5.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.8 5.9
4.3 4.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4.9
1.6 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.4 1.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.2 16.8 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.8 13.2
5.7 6.2 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 4.8
29% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 48% 41%
 
11.8 10.4 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11 10.8
3.5 3.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 2.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most points (31) away in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (35) away in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (62) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+19) away in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+35) in League Two
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most scored goals (34) 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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

Table
  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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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