A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Newport County in 1st position and Port Vale placed 8th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Port Vale could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago.
Newport County form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Newport County have to build on here at Rodney Parade in the League Two.
Newport lost their last game at Plymouth Argyle after a 1-3 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the FA Cup match versus Leyton Orient with a 2-1 scoreline.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Newport, as the League Two home game vs Walsall is only three days away.
The Newport County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Newport County have conceded only 4 goals.
Port Vale form and stats
Playing away, Port Vale have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Port are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The manager J. Askey was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Vale Park. Port Vale suffered a 0-1 loss to Scunthorpe United (placed 22nd). A loss against Tranmere Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Port manager J. Askey as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Stevenage.
Port have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Port have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Newport County-Port Vale H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Newport two wins, Port Vale zero wins, three draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Amond 3 goals | T. Abrahams 3 goals | S. Twine 3 goals |
Newport County missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Newport County | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 58% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 167 | 88 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 49 | 131 |
| 44 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 43 |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 37% | 35% |
- 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 have won all their matches at home so far.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newport County is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Port Vale has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Barrow | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |