Newport County have layed the groundwork for this game after their 3-3 result against Walsall, a game that produced some answers. How will this affect the battle against Salford City?
- Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Newport County and Salford City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County have played 10 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Newport County has recorded two wins in a row here at Rodney Parade, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after being equal after 90 minutes with Walsall (placed 13th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The attacker Telford was announced as "man of the match" for Newport with the rating of 9.04/10. Telford scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Rochdale.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, three draws and five defeats.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Newport's attacking play is working. Newport have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-1-6 (9 played).
Impressive finishing from Turnbull secured the home win 1-0 against Stevenage in their previous game. Turnbull was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.35. The defender Turnbull scored one goal and won 16 of 23 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Mansfield Town's place.Salford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tranmere Rovers in just three days.
Salford find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Salford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Newport County and Salford City have met previously this season: Salford City - Newport 3-0. Newport County-Salford City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Newport County one win, Salford City two wins, three draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Telford 16 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 6 goals |   M. Lund 5 goals |
Newport County missing players
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| Newport County | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 38 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 96% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 83% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 76% |
| 74% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 38% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 10% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 48% |
| 22% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 43% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 19% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.3 | 15.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.9 | 12 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 27% | 26% |
| 11.9 | 9.7 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.6 | 12.3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- All of Salford City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
- Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Salford City 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Newport County | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 20 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
