Newport County vs Tranmere Rovers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 25.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wembley Stadium (90000 seats)

The managers T. Butcher and M. Mellon are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Newport County form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Wembley Stadium as Newport County have scored 32 goals to get 48 points from 23 games. The overall stats are 14-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Newport County has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Northampton Town defeat.

Newport County drew their last game, 0-0 away at Mansfield Town. Before that, Newport County drew at home versus Mansfield Town.

The Newport County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 32 in 23 matches. Newport County have only conceded 22 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats.

Tranmere Rovers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Forest Green Rovers. Before that, Tranmere Rovers secured a home win against Forest Green Rovers with the score 1-0.

Tranmere Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 30 away goals from 23 games. Tranmere Rovers have conceded 37 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Newport County - Tranmere Rovers 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Newport County 1 win, 3 draws and Tranmere Rovers 0 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Matt
2 goals
P. Amond
1 goals

Newport County missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Newport County Tranmere Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
48 24 7 Played 7 24 48
20 14 4 Won 1 6 21
13 7 1 Drew 3 9 14
15 3 2 Lost 3 9 13
60 33 9 Scored 6 31 65
60 23 7 Conceded 10 38 51
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 86% 83% 88%
65% 54% 57% Over 1.5 86% 79% 65%
44% 33% 29% Over 2.5 43% 50% 40%
27% 29% 29% Over 3.5 14% 38% 25%
21% 21% 14% Over 4.5 0% 21% 15%
46% 38% 43% BTTS 57% 62% 50%
38% 54% 43% Clean Sheets 29% 29% 42%
29% 25% 14% Failed To Score 29% 25% 21%
 
5.5 6 6.1 Corners For (avg) 2 3.4 4.1
4.5 3.5 4.4 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 6 5
1.5 1.5 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 2.2 1.6
2 2 1 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
09-04-19 LT Newport County 0 - 0 Swindon Town
13-04-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 3 Newport County
19-04-19 LT Newport County 3 - 1 Bury
22-04-19 LT Macclesfield Town 0 - 0 Newport County
27-04-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Lincoln City
30-04-19 LT Newport County 2 - 0 Oldham Athletic
04-05-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 1 Newport County
09-05-19 LT Newport County 1 - 1 Mansfield Town
12-05-19 LT Mansfield Town 0 - 0 Newport County
25-05-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
02-04-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
06-04-19 LT Newport County 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
13-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
19-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
22-04-19 LT Lincoln City 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
30-04-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Bury
04-05-19 LT Crawley Town 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
10-05-19 LT Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
13-05-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
25-05-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Tranmere Rovers

  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 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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