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

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

Struggling Northampton Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Newport County in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Three League Two home games done for Northampton Town, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

The fans are hoping that Northampton Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League Two game against Bradford City (placed 10th). Ahead of that match, Northampton Town lost 0-2 at home to Peterborough United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Northampton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 2 Lost 5.

Northampton Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Stevenage awaits in three days.

Northampton Town has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Northampton Town have conceded 4 goals.

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Newport County form and stats

Things could have gone better for Newport County in their League Two away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.

The supporters enjoyed Newport County's previous game versus Port Vale (placed 14th), a League Two 1-0 win played at home. A 4-5 loss hosting West Ham United U21 before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newport County playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Newport County wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Newport County now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Macclesfield Town is waiting in only three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newport County as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. The Newport County defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (0 goals in 3 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Northampton Town 5 wins, 1 draw and Newport County 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Williams
3 goals
P. Amond
3 goals
R. Watson
2 goals / 1 assists

Northampton Town missing players

Newport County missing players

Northampton Town Newport County
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played 1 3 7
2 1 1 Won 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew 1 2 3
4 2 0 Lost 0 0 0
7 4 3 Scored 0 2 7
8 4 1 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 33% 71%
57% 67% 100% Over 1.5 0% 33% 29%
43% 67% 100% Over 2.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 33% 100% Over 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 100% BTTS 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 100% 86%
29% 33% 0% Failed To Score 100% 67% 29%
 
5.1 5 3 Corners For (avg) 2 5 4.1
7.1 5 6 Corners Against (avg) 3 3.7 5.3
2.7 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 2.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Newport County have not yet lost a game.
  • Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newport County have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 0 Northampton Town
27-08-19 EFL Northampton Town 1 - 1 Arsenal U21
31-08-19 LT Northampton Town 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
03-09-19 EFL Northampton Town 0 - 2 Peterborough United
07-09-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Northampton Town
14-09-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Newport County
17-09-19 LT Stevenage 18:45 Northampton Town
21-09-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Crawley Town
28-09-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Northampton Town
05-10-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Leyton Orient
Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Crewe Alexandra
27-08-19 CC Newport County 0 - 2 West Ham United
31-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 0 - 2 Newport County
04-09-19 EFL Newport County 4 - 5 West Ham United U21
07-09-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Port Vale
14-09-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Newport County
17-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 18:45 Newport County
21-09-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Exeter City
28-09-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Newport County
05-10-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Carlisle United

  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 Exeter City 7 5 2 0 10 4 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 17
2 Newport County 7 4 3 0 7 2 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 5 15
3 Crewe Alexandra 7 5 0 2 9 7 3 2 0 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 15
4 Swindon Town 7 4 2 1 14 8 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 14
5 Forest Green Rovers 7 4 1 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 13
6 Cheltenham Town 7 3 2 2 12 7 4 3 1 0 12 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 5 11
7 Grimsby Town 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 1 2 1 8 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 11
8 Plymouth Argyle 7 3 2 2 12 8 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 1 0 2 4 4 4 11
9 Macclesfield Town 7 3 2 2 9 6 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 11
10 Bradford City 7 3 2 2 8 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 11
11 Crawley Town 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 11
12 Mansfield Town 7 2 3 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 9
13 Colchester United 7 2 3 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 9
14 Port Vale 7 2 3 2 8 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 4 8 -2 9
15 Salford City 7 1 5 1 10 10 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 0 3 1 6 8 0 8
16 Cambridge United 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 -1 8
17 Leyton Orient 7 2 2 3 8 12 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 6 -4 8
18 Northampton Town 7 2 1 4 7 8 3 1 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 7
19 Carlisle United 7 2 1 4 8 13 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 -5 7
20 Morecambe 7 1 3 3 8 12 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 4 5 -4 6
21 Walsall 7 1 3 3 3 8 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 4 -5 6
22 Oldham Athletic 7 1 2 4 5 10 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 -5 5
23 Stevenage 7 0 3 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 0 2 2 2 6 -6 3
24 Scunthorpe United 7 0 1 6 5 15 3 0 1 2 2 5 4 0 0 4 3 10 -10 1

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