A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Newport County fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Southend United's 24th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago. That game, against Leyton Orient, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Southend United.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Rodney Parade. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
The home team returns to Rodney Parade after being equal after 90 minutes with Crawley Town (placed 10th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Oldham Athletic with the scoreline 2-4.
Newport have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rodney Parade with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Newport have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United, who have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-3-5 (9 played). One point away has become something of a habit for Southend United who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Colchester United.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Southend's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 9 matches. As for defending, Southend rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Newport three wins, one draw and Southend United one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Twine 6 goals | P. Amond 5 goals | T. Abrahams 4 goals |
Newport County missing players
Southend United missing players
| Newport County | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 85% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 40% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 70% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 17.6 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8.7 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 41% | 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 30% |
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newport County have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in League Two
- Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 6 | Salford City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 8 | Cambridge United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 9 | Walsall | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 21 | Barrow | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 19 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 24 | Southend United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -18 | 16 |