Newport County are welcoming Gillingham for another crucial match following their 1-2 result vs 12th-placed Stockport County.
- Newport County have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
The visiting Gillingham played their last game only four days ago, a FA Cup match.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County's struggle is real here at Rodney Parade with only 7 points collected from 9 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. When Newport County hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Sutton United, Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Newport County's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Stockport County (placed 12th). The first loss after collecting points in three league matches. The attacking player Evans was announced as "man of the match" for Newport with a rating of 7.11/10. Evans hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Leicester City in the Carabao Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport County as they are travelling to their away game against Milton Keynes Dons in the EFL Trophy. That match is three days after this one.
Newport County aren't scoring a lot here at Rodney Parade in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. Newport have conceded 13 in these home matches. Newport County has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Gillingham form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gillingham so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Gillingham much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Newport County will be a tough nut to crack.
Baggott was the last player to score for the away team. Gillingham haven't scored a league goal in the last 286 minutes.
The supporters enjoyed Gillingham's previous game versus Fylde, a FA Cup win (1-0) played at home.
The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Northampton Town.Gillingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Take note: 13 of the last 17 league fixtures involving this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The schedule is very tough for Gillingham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Crawley Town is waiting in only three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Gillingham's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gillingham have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Bogle 7 goals |  N. Moriah-Welsh 3 goals | W. Evans 2 goals |
Newport County missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Newport County | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 82% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 17% | 11% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 12% | 29% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 11.9 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 73% | 58% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 10.2 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3 |
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (2) away in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (16) in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gillingham have yet to win a game away.
- Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
- Newport County have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in League Two
- Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Barrow | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Walsall | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | Newport County | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
