The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Newport County are in the 11th position while the guesting Macclesfield Town worry at 22nd.
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 Macclesfield Town.
Newport County form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Newport County have to build on here at Rodney Parade in the League Two.
Newport County lost their last game at Leyton Orient (placed 17th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Swindon Town in a game that was won 2-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Newport County's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport County as they are travelling to their away game against Plymouth Argyle in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Newport County has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Newport County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rodney Parade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Macclesfield Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Macclesfield Town so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-7 (win-draw-lose).
Macclesfield Town won their last game, 2-1 versus Forest Green Rovers played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Crewe Alexandra.
Macclesfield Town made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, C. O'Keefe receiving a red card in the 80th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Macclesfield Town won the match 2-1!
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Macclesfield Town playing away, we found nine games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 5 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Macclesfield Town are hosting Northampton Town in the League Two only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Macclesfield Town as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Macclesfield Town have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Macclesfield Town - Newport County 1-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 4 - 0 (Newport County wins - draws - Macclesfield Town wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Amond 7 goals |  J. Matt 6 goals |   J. Ironside 6 goals |
Newport County missing players
Macclesfield Town missing players
| Newport County | Macclesfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 31 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 93% |
| 65% | 64% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 68% |
| 27% | 21% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 57% | 39% |
| 8% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 57% |
| 35% | 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 21% |
| 23% | 7% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 316 | 192 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 144 | 300 |
| 81 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 43 | 98 |
| 32% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 28% | 29% |
- Macclesfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Macclesfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Newport County has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- 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 | Swindon Town | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 56 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Newport County | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Salford City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -10 | 31 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 30 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 29 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 29 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |