The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Newport County leading Scunthorpe United by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Scunthorpe United are struggling to avoid relegation.
Newport County form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Newport County at their home stadium (Rodney Parade) is 11 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Newport are confident in defense, having played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Newport drew their last game, 0-0 away at Exeter City (placed 9th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Crawley Town.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Newport's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Cheltenham Town in only four days. This game is also played here at Rodney Parade.
Newport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newport County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rodney Parade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 21 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Scunthorpe United have only collected 20 points from their away games in the League Two, after 6-2-13 (21 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Scunthorpe in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Leyton Orient. It's looking increasingly bleak for Scunthorpe who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Tranmere Rovers was the last time a defeat was avoided.
A. Eisa was the last player to score for the away team. Scunthorpe haven't scored a league goal in the last 218 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Scunthorpe in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Walsall, 0-2. A 0-3 defeat away at Mansfield Town before that.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Scunthorpe when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning one game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Scunthorpe manager P. Musselwhite as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bradford City.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Scunthorpe United as they have only managed to score 19 times from 21 away games in the league. Scunthorpe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Scunthorpe United - Newport 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Newport won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Scunthorpe United has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  A. Eisa 9 goals | R. Loft 8 goals |  M. Dolan 6 goals |
Newport County missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
| Newport County | Scunthorpe United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 21 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 21 | 43 |
| 18 | 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 51 | 22 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 41 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 13 | 32 | 59 |
| 91% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 52% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 62% | 67% |
| 37% | 33% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 33% | 30% |
| 9% | 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | 21% |
| 7% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 14% | 14% |
| 53% | 43% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 38% | 37% |
| 35% | 38% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 19% | 26% |
| 21% | 33% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 43% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 13.4 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 33% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 32% |
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Scunthorpe United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town | 43 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 78 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 22 | 77 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 47 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 76 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 58 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 72 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 72 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 67 |
| 7 | Newport County | 43 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 66 |
| 8 | Salford City | 43 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 65 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 43 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 63 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 61 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 61 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 53 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 60 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -3 | 60 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 43 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 44 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 56 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 71 | 74 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 35 | -3 | 54 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 28 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 50 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -4 | 52 |
| 19 | Walsall | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 26 | -6 | 52 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 44 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -18 | 47 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 43 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 59 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 32 | -18 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 46 |
| 23 | Southend United | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 41 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 63 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -29 | 40 |