Soccer betting preview: Newport County welcomes Mansfield Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Thu 09.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (11676 seats)

The managers T. Butcher and D. Flitcroft are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Newport County form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rodney Parade as Newport County have scored 32 goals to get 48 points from 23 games. The overall stats are 14-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Newport County haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Northampton Town. Newport County are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Newport County drew their last game, 1-1 away at Morecambe. Before that, Newport County had a home game versus Oldham Athletic which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won 10 Drawn 7 Lost 3.

Newport County are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Mansfield Town awaits in three days.

Newport County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 32 goals in 23 matches. Newport County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rodney Parade, averaging less than one per game. The total is 22 from 23 matches.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

6-11-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mansfield Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (41) in League Two, in their matches away. It's a growing despair in Mansfield Town as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Mansfield Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Mansfield Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Milton Keynes Dons in the League Two. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Stevenage.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mansfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 1 Mansfield Town win, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

After this away game Mansfield Town return home for a League Two game against Newport County. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Mansfield Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 31 away goals from 23 games. 26 goals have been conceded by Mansfield Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Newport County - Mansfield Town 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 1 - 7 (Newport County wins - draws - Mansfield Town wins).

Top Goalscorers

T. Walker
22 goals / 4 assists
C. Hamilton
11 goals / 4 assists
K. Pearce
4 goals

Newport County missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Newport County Mansfield Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played 6 23 46
20 14 3 Won 1 6 20
11 6 1 Drew 4 11 16
15 3 2 Lost 1 6 10
59 32 7 Scored 7 31 69
59 22 6 Conceded 7 26 41
89% 83% 83% Over 0.5 83% 87% 89%
65% 52% 50% Over 1.5 67% 65% 65%
46% 35% 33% Over 2.5 33% 43% 46%
28% 30% 33% Over 3.5 33% 35% 26%
22% 22% 17% Over 4.5 17% 17% 11%
46% 35% 33% BTTS 67% 61% 52%
37% 57% 50% Clean Sheets 17% 26% 39%
28% 26% 33% Failed To Score 33% 26% 20%
 
5.5 6.1 6.2 Corners For (avg) 4 5.3 6.3
4.4 3.5 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.2 4.7
1.4 1.5 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2 1.9
2 2 1 Red Cards 0 2 4

Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 LT Newport County 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
09-04-19 LT Newport County 0 - 0 Swindon Town
13-04-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 3 Newport County
19-04-19 LT Newport County 3 - 1 Bury
22-04-19 LT Macclesfield Town 0 - 0 Newport County
27-04-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Lincoln City
30-04-19 LT Newport County 2 - 0 Oldham Athletic
04-05-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 1 Newport County
09-05-19 LT Newport County 18:45 Mansfield Town
12-05-19 LT Mansfield Town 17:00 Newport County
Mansfield Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
23-03-19 LT Mansfield Town 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
30-03-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 4 Mansfield Town
06-04-19 LT Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Cambridge United
13-04-19 LT Northampton Town 1 - 1 Mansfield Town
19-04-19 LT Mansfield Town 4 - 0 Morecambe
22-04-19 LT Oldham Athletic 3 - 2 Mansfield Town
27-04-19 LT Mansfield Town 1 - 2 Stevenage
04-05-19 LT Milton Keynes Dons 1 - 0 Mansfield Town
09-05-19 LT Newport County 18:45 Mansfield Town
12-05-19 LT Mansfield Town 17:00 Newport County

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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