Newport County v Swindon Town betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (11676 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League Two table so far. Here's the Newport County - Swindon Town latest:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newport County and Swindon Town.

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Newport County form and stats

Newport County have performed well at Rodney Parade so far this season with 11 wins from 19 matches. Points have also been lost, 5 after draws and 3 from defeats.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Tranmere Rovers in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Yeovil Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Newport County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newport County as a small favourite), we find ten games. Newport County has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Newport County are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Cambridge United awaits in three days.

Newport County has scored 26 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Newport County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Swindon Town form and stats

The visitors are W8-D4-L7 on the road this term.

Swindon Town's last game was the home draw against Yeovil Town (1-1). Prior to that result Swindon Town won their away game at Bury. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Swindon Town, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Swindon Town manager R. Wellens as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Oldham Athletic.

Swindon Town have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. 24 goals have been conceded by Swindon Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Swindon Town - Newport County 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Newport County won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Swindon Town has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

M. Doughty
11 goals
K. Woolery
5 goals / 1 assists
K. Anderson
4 goals

Newport County missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Newport County Swindon Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 19 40
48 25 Scored 24 51
54 21 Conceded 24 48
92% 83% Over 0.5 95% 88%
68% 56% Over 1.5 74% 75%
49% 39% Over 2.5 53% 48%
32% 33% Over 3.5 21% 25%
27% 28% Over 4.5 11% 12%
51% 39% Both teams to score 58% 52%
30% 50% Clean Sheet 21% 28%
27% 28% Failed To Score 26% 32%
Key stats this season:
  • Swindon Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 40 17 11 12 53 42 20 10 3 7 30 22 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 40 15 13 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 58
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 39 16 8 15 49 57 19 11 5 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 56
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
23 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37
24 Macclesfield Town 40 8 12 20 42 66 20 4 9 7 22 32 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 36

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