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 9th position while the guests worry at 22nd.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup. This match was also played here at Rodney Parade. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Oldham Athletic have had more rest.
Newport County form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at Rodney Parade for Newport County. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Newport County's previous game was a FA Cup match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Grimsby Town (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 7-4 victory visiting Cheltenham Town.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D3-L1.
Newport County has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Newport County have conceded only 7 goals.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Oldham Athletic's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the League Two. Oldham Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in League Two, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Oldham Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Fleetwood Town in the EFL Trophy. Prior to that result Oldham Athletic won their away game at Gateshead in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Oldham Athletic, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Oldham Athletic 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, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Oldham Athletic manager L. Banide has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Newport County won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Oldham Athletic has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 2Top Goalscorers
 
P. Amond
5 goals
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T. Abrahams
3 goals
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C. Missilou
3 goals
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Newport County missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Newport County | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 191 | 123 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 73 | 200 |
| 51 | 35 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 23 | 59 |
| 33% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 30% | 31% |
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | Salford City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 18 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 18 |
| 21 | Walsall | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 18 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |