Newport County favourites for feisty fight facing Stevenage

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County have managed 2 home wins so far, Stevenage have won 1 away. Which team boosts their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Newport County form and stats

The League Two statistics playing at home this season for Newport County are 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Newport.

A good away victory last time out for Newport, who won 3-1 against Bristol Rovers (placed 18th). The attacking player Dom Telford was declared "man of the match" for Newport with the rating of 8.31/10. Telford scored two goals.

Before that, Newport County drew at home versus Carlisle United.

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 nine wins, four draws and six defeats.

A decent goal production from Newport in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Stevenage form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stevenage so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Stevenage have lost on their last two travels.

Stevenage aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 301 league minutes without a goal. E. List was the last player to find the net.

There were no winners in Stevenage's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 0-0 vs Leyton Orient (placed 9th). Adam Smith had red hot gloves after the game against Leyton Orient, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Adam Smith was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.8. The agile goalkeeper Smith stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Northampton Town's place.

We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were one victory, four draws and eight defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stevenage as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Stevenage struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newport two wins, three draws and Stevenage five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
6 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
5 goals
NewportR. Willmott
R. Willmott
3 goals

Newport County missing players

Stevenage missing players

Newport County Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
4 1 0 Lost L 3 5 6
20 9 5 Scored S 2 4 11
18 6 2 Conceded C 7 13 21
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 71%
71% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 43%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 7%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 29% 36%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 43%
 
4.2 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.6
4.3 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.9
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
2 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.3 12.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.3 10.3
4.8 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.6
30% 32% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 22%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stevenage have scored away.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 14 9 3 2 26 12 7 4 1 2 12 9 7 5 2 0 14 3 14 30
2 Port Vale 14 7 4 3 23 14 7 4 2 1 13 6 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 25
3 Northampton Town 14 7 3 4 17 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 6 24
4 Exeter City 14 5 8 1 23 14 7 3 4 0 12 6 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 23
5 Harrogate Town 14 6 5 3 27 19 7 3 4 0 16 9 7 3 1 3 11 10 8 23
6 Swindon Town 14 6 5 3 19 14 7 1 3 3 6 9 7 5 2 0 13 5 5 23
7 Hartlepool United 14 7 2 5 17 15 7 6 1 0 12 5 7 1 1 5 5 10 2 23
8 Tranmere Rovers 14 6 4 4 11 8 7 5 0 2 8 4 7 1 4 2 3 4 3 22
9 Leyton Orient 14 4 8 2 20 12 7 3 3 1 10 3 7 1 5 1 10 9 8 20
10 Sutton United 13 6 2 5 20 16 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 2 2 3 7 8 4 20
11 Bradford City 14 5 5 4 20 17 7 3 3 1 13 9 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 20
12 Newport County 14 5 5 4 20 18 6 2 3 1 9 6 8 3 2 3 11 12 2 20
13 Barrow 14 4 6 4 19 18 7 2 4 1 10 9 7 2 2 3 9 9 1 18
14 Walsall 14 4 5 5 18 19 7 3 2 2 11 10 7 1 3 3 7 9 -1 17
15 Rochdale 14 4 5 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 -1 17
16 Crawley Town 14 5 2 7 16 21 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 2 0 5 7 12 -5 17
17 Salford City 14 4 4 6 15 15 8 3 4 1 9 4 6 1 0 5 6 11 0 16
18 Bristol Rovers 14 4 3 7 16 23 7 3 0 4 8 11 7 1 3 3 8 12 -7 15
19 Colchester United 13 3 5 5 9 15 6 1 2 3 3 6 7 2 3 2 6 9 -6 14
20 Stevenage 14 3 5 6 11 21 7 2 4 1 7 8 7 1 1 5 4 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 3 3 8 10 19 7 1 1 5 6 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -9 12
22 Carlisle United 14 2 6 6 11 21 7 1 4 2 5 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -10 12
23 Mansfield Town 14 2 5 7 12 20 8 2 3 3 9 11 6 0 2 4 3 9 -8 11
24 Scunthorpe United 14 2 5 7 10 27 7 2 1 4 5 12 7 0 4 3 5 15 -17 11

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.