Rodney Parade: Newport County vs Tranmere Rovers League Two news and facts

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Sit down for a show! The main antagonists are Newport County and Tranmere Rovers, 3 points is the main plot and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (23) in League Two

This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Newport County form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Newport County have to build on here at Rodney Parade in the League Two. Newport County have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Newport County, who played 1-1 against Mansfield Town. That match was also played at this venue (Rodney Parade). The striker Telford outdid all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Telford scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Oldham Athletic that ended 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport County 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 ten wins, three draws and six defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Newport as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Forest Green Rovers are visiting.

18 goals have been conceded.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

4-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tranmere Rovers in their League Two matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Tranmere Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

Tranmere Rovers played 1-1 against Port Vale in their previous match. The attacker Hemmings got a match rating of 7.5 in that game. Hemmings served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Tranmere manager Mellon faced defeat when travelling to Hartlepool United and losing 0-1.

Tranmere Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The attacking power of Tranmere when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H match ended Tranmere Rovers - Newport County 0-1, played this season. Statistics for the previous eight meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Newport, three draws and two wins for Tranmere Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
22 goals
Newport CountyC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
8 goals
Tranmere RoversK. Morris
K. Morris
5 goals

Newport County missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Newport County Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 4 16 33
13 7 1 Won W 1 4 16
10 5 1 Drew D 2 7 8
9 3 2 Lost L 1 5 9
50 30 5 Scored S 1 10 34
42 18 6 Conceded C 2 12 23
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 81% 91%
78% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 31% 48%
62% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 21%
31% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 21%
25% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 44% 52%
22% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 36%
 
4.7 5.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.5 4.7
4.4 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.3 5.8
1.7 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
14.2 16.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.2 11.6
5.6 6.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.1 3.7
28% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 20% 28%
 
11.9 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 12.9 12.1
3.6 3.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most scored goals (30) at home in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (23) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (17) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (16) in League Two

  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 31 19 9 3 61 25 16 11 2 3 27 11 15 8 7 0 34 14 36 66
2 Tranmere Rovers 33 16 8 9 34 23 17 12 1 4 24 11 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 56
3 Northampton Town 31 16 7 8 38 25 16 10 2 4 22 10 15 6 5 4 16 15 13 55
4 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
5 Sutton United 32 14 9 9 46 38 16 9 4 3 24 14 16 5 5 6 22 24 8 51
6 Mansfield Town 30 14 8 8 40 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 13 3 5 5 11 15 7 50
7 Swindon Town 31 13 10 8 49 38 15 4 7 4 21 17 16 9 3 4 28 21 11 49
8 Newport County 32 13 10 9 50 42 15 7 5 3 30 18 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 49
9 Port Vale 29 12 9 8 42 30 15 6 5 4 19 13 14 6 4 4 23 17 12 45
10 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
11 Bristol Rovers 30 12 8 10 42 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 44
12 Hartlepool United 31 11 8 12 31 39 16 9 5 2 22 14 15 2 3 10 9 25 -8 41
13 Bradford City 32 9 13 10 36 38 15 4 8 3 21 18 17 5 5 7 15 20 -2 40
14 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
15 Harrogate Town 30 10 8 12 47 48 15 5 5 5 24 21 15 5 3 7 23 27 -1 38
16 Walsall 31 9 8 14 32 39 16 5 5 6 21 22 15 4 3 8 11 17 -7 35
17 Rochdale 29 7 13 9 37 39 13 3 7 3 17 15 16 4 6 6 20 24 -2 34
18 Leyton Orient 29 7 12 10 38 29 15 6 4 5 24 11 14 1 8 5 14 18 9 33
19 Stevenage 33 7 12 14 30 50 17 6 6 5 21 23 16 1 6 9 9 27 -20 33
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 31 7 10 14 28 44 14 3 6 5 14 18 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 31
22 Oldham Athletic 30 7 8 15 30 46 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -16 29
23 Carlisle United 31 6 10 15 23 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 15 3 3 9 13 27 -22 28
24 Scunthorpe United 32 4 10 18 23 55 16 3 4 9 12 23 16 1 6 9 11 32 -32 22

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.