Evenly matched teams: Newport County vs Plymouth Argyle match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (11676 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Newport County and Plymouth Argyle promises to be an interesting one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Newport County form and stats

0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Newport County so far this season.

Newport County manager M. Flynn and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cambridge United in the League Two. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Mansfield Town.

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.

Early season goal statistics from Newport County's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Only one away game so far for Plymouth Argyle and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 14 losses from 23 travels.

Plymouth Argyle won their last game, 1-0 versus Colchester United played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Crewe Alexandra with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Plymouth Argyle in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Plymouth Argyle, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

3 goals so far away for Plymouth Argyle, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newport County 2 wins, 2 draws and Plymouth Argyle 6 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. McFadzean
2 goals
J. Labadie
1 goals
P. Amond
1 goals

Newport County missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

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Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored 0 3 4
2 2 0 Conceded 0 0 0
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 2.5
4 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 11 8
1.5 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Newport County Last season Plymouth Argyle
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
49 25   Played   23 46
20 14   Won   4 13
13 7   Drew   5 11
16 4   Lost   14 22
60 33   Scored   20 56
61 24   Conceded   42 80
88% 84%   Over 0.5   91% 93%
63% 52%   Over 1.5   78% 83%
43% 32%   Over 2.5   48% 57%
27% 28%   Over 3.5   26% 30%
20% 20%   Over 4.5   17% 22%
45% 36%   BTTS   52% 59%
37% 52%   Clean Sheets   13% 13%
31% 28%   Failed To Score   43% 35%
 
5.5 5.8   Corners For (avg)   4.3 5.7
4.5 3.6   Corners Against (avg)   7 6.4
1.6 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.5
3 3   Red Cards   2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Plymouth Argyle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Newport County
09-05-19 LT Newport County 1 - 1 Mansfield Town
12-05-19 LT Mansfield Town 0 - 0 Newport County
25-05-19 LT Newport County 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
03-08-19 LT Newport County 2 - 2 Mansfield Town
10-08-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 0 Newport County
13-08-19 CC Gillingham 18:45 Newport County
17-08-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
20-08-19 LT Walsall 18:45 Newport County
24-08-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Crewe Alexandra
31-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Newport County
Plymouth Argyle
04-05-19 LO Plymouth Argyle 3 - 2 Scunthorpe United
09-07-19 CF Truro City 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
16-07-19 CF Torquay United 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
03-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Plymouth Argyle
10-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Colchester United
13-08-19 CC Plymouth Argyle 18:45 Leyton Orient
17-08-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
20-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 18:45 Salford City
24-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 14:00 Walsall
31-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Plymouth Argyle

  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 Plymouth Argyle 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Swindon Town 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Exeter City 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Grimsby Town 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Walsall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Macclesfield Town 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
11 Salford City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
13 Leyton Orient 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
14 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Cambridge United 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Newport County 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Port Vale 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
19 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Northampton Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Stevenage 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0