League Two: Newport County are 6 points after Stockport County, but fully intend to go all in. Bring it on!
- Newport County have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League Two
- Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Leicester City, so at least Newport County are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Newport County form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Newport County are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The regulars are hoping that Newport County will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Carabao Cup fixture against Leicester City. Midfielder Waite was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.23 (out of ten) in that game. Waite dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match, a home win against Colchester United in the FA Cup.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Newport here at Rodney Parade in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Newport County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stockport County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stockport County so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
360 minutes! That's how long the Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchiffe and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The club members enjoyed Stockport County's previous match versus Swindon Town, a FA Cup win (4-0) played at home.
Before that, Stockport County travelled to Tranmere Rovers and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 0-0.Stockport County have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Stockport have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stockport County have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) facing Newport County.Top Goalscorers
  O. Bogle 7 goals |   P. Madden 6 goals | N. Moriah-Welsh 3 goals |
Newport County missing players
Stockport County missing players
| Newport County | Stockport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.2 | 11.9 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.8 | 12.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 71% | 55% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 8.2 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 11 | 9.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 2.9 |
- Newport County have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League Two
- Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stockport County 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 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Salford City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
