League Two forecast and data: Newport County small favourite to beat Harrogate Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

League Two: Newport County are ready for the visit of Harrogate Town in what should be an intriguing football match. Tipsway gives you all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two

This promises to be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Newport County form and stats

Newport County have collected 18 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-3-3.

The Newport fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Rodney Parade: A 0-2 defeat against Salford City (placed 12th). Willmott (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Willmott hit six key passes.

Before that, Newport County played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Walsall.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newport have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won eleven times, drawn three and lost six.

Newport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rodney Parade with 20 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. It's a growing despair in Harrogate as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Two away games in a row for Harrogate, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Luton Town in the FA Cup. Harrogate lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Carlisle United.

We have checked recent matches where Harrogate Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, four draws and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Harrogate's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Harrogate have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Harrogate Town - Newport 2-2, played this season. Last three meetings between these squads: Newport County won one, Harrogate Town triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NewportD. Telford
D. Telford
16 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
9 goals
Newport CountyC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
6 goals

Newport County missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Newport County Harrogate Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
9 5 1 Won W 0 5 8
8 3 2 Drew D 1 2 6
7 3 1 Lost L 2 4 8
38 20 4 Scored S 1 17 35
34 13 5 Conceded C 4 13 31
96% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
83% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 82%
71% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 55%
33% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 41%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 18%
62% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 64%
21% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 14%
21% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 27%
 
4.6 5.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 5.5
4.2 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.3 4.2
1.7 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.4 15.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.6 11.5
5.5 5.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 4.8
29% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 32% 33%
 
11.9 9.8 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.2 11
3.5 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Harrogate Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
  • Harrogate Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (14) 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 22 14 6 2 45 20 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 25 48
2 Tranmere Rovers 23 12 5 6 24 14 12 9 0 3 17 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 10 41
3 Northampton Town 23 12 4 7 31 23 11 7 1 3 16 8 12 5 3 4 15 15 8 40
4 Sutton United 23 12 3 8 35 28 11 8 0 3 19 10 12 4 3 5 16 18 7 39
5 Swindon Town 22 10 7 5 34 26 11 3 5 3 15 13 11 7 2 2 19 13 8 37
6 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
7 Newport County 24 9 8 7 38 34 11 5 3 3 20 13 13 4 5 4 18 21 4 35
8 Exeter City 23 8 10 5 33 26 11 5 4 2 17 11 12 3 6 3 16 15 7 34
9 Mansfield Town 22 9 5 8 27 28 13 7 3 3 20 15 9 2 2 5 7 13 -1 32
10 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
11 Crawley Town 22 9 4 9 27 31 11 4 3 4 15 17 11 5 1 5 12 14 -4 31
12 Salford City 22 8 6 8 26 21 12 5 5 2 14 7 10 3 1 6 12 14 5 30
13 Harrogate Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 11 3 4 4 18 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 4 30
14 Bradford City 23 6 11 6 29 28 11 3 7 1 17 13 12 3 4 5 12 15 1 29
15 Walsall 23 7 8 8 29 30 12 4 5 3 19 17 11 3 3 5 10 13 -1 29
16 Hartlepool United 23 8 4 11 24 34 12 7 3 2 16 11 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 28
17 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 0 27
18 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
19 Carlisle United 23 6 7 10 18 29 11 3 5 3 8 9 12 3 2 7 10 20 -11 25
20 Barrow 23 5 8 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 11 2 3 6 9 14 -5 23
21 Stevenage 24 5 8 11 19 37 12 4 5 3 13 14 12 1 3 8 6 23 -18 23
22 Colchester United 21 5 7 9 17 28 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 4 5 7 16 -11 22
23 Scunthorpe United 24 3 10 11 19 42 11 2 4 5 8 16 13 1 6 6 11 26 -23 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.