It's advantage Newport County so far with their 1st position in the League Two table, welcoming Morecambe who are placed 11th.
- Newport County has the most points (19) at home in League Two
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Newport County nor Morecambe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County, who have the most points (19) at home in League Two, have been outstanding at home so far in the League Two with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after being equal after 90 minutes with Forest Green Rovers (placed 4th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a FA Cup home match hosting Salford City in a game that was won 3-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newport as they are travelling to their away game against Grimsby Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Newport in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Newport are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rodney Parade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Morecambe form and stats
4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morecambe in their League Two matches away.
Morecambe go into this game after a win, the home game against Barrow that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Solihull Moors (after extra-time) in the FA Cup.
The visiting Morecambe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. Morecambe struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newport three wins, four draws and Morecambe three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Phillips 5 goals |   T. Abrahams 4 goals | S. Twine 4 goals |
Newport County missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Newport County | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 80% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 60% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 64% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 36% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.2 | 17.6 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 41% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 79% | 58% |
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newport County has the most points (19) at home in League Two
- Newport County have not yet lost a game at home.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Newport County have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Salford City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Barrow | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 21 | Bradford City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 24 | Southend United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 5 |