A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Newport County in 5th position and Forest Green Rovers placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Newport County has the most dropped points from leading position (20) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Newport County form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 13 League Two games here at Rodney Parade for Newport County. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
The spoils were shared in Newport's previous game, also at home. Visiting Exeter City (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Southend United (0-1).
The hometeam coach M. Flynn made a successful contribution in the game against Exeter City, bringing on Dominic Telford who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
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 16 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn seven and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport County as they are travelling to their away game against Walsall in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
The Newport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newport have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Forest has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Forest are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the League Two against Oldham Athletic (placed 17th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Carlisle United with the score of 2-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Forest, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
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 14 relevant matches. Results were seven Forest wins, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Southend United in just three days.
The visiting Forest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Forest as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Forest Green Rovers - Newport 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Newport County won three, Forest Green Rovers won four and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 10 goals | A. Collins 6 goals |  P. Amond 5 goals |
Newport County missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Newport County | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 | ||
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 93% | ||
| 78% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 57% | 63% | ||
| 44% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | d class="statistics-full">Yellow cards (avg)Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 21% | 25% | ||
- Paraná have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Paraná have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paraná haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Paraná is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | América Mineiro | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 53 |
| 3 | Juventude | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Sampaio Correa | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | CSA | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Cuiabá | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Avai | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | Guarani | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 40 |
| 9 | Ponte Preta | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 40 |
| 10 | Confianca | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 12 | Operario PR | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 13 | CRB | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -6 | 34 |
| 14 | Vitória | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 33 |
| 15 | Brasil de Pelotas | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 33 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 17 | Paraná | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Nautico | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 23 |
| 20 | Oeste | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -27 | 16 |