League Two match preview and statistics: Oldham Athletic fight Newport County

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Oldham Athletic have their presumed home advantage while Newport County are ahead 11 points in the League Two table.

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (42) in League Two
  • Newport County have scored in all their away matches so far.

The visiting Newport County played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match. That game, against Cheltenham Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Newport County.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (42) in League Two, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from their games here at Boundary Park. With Oldham having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager H. Kewell.

Oldham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Walsall that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Mansfield Town (2-3).

Davis Keillor-Dunn was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Walsall after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oldham as they are travelling to their away game against Cheltenham Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Oldham has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Oldham have conceded 23 from these games.

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Newport County form and stats

4-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Newport County in their League Two matches away. The last three matches for Newport County have all ended in a draw. One point away has become something of a habit for Newport County who have played out draws in their last three away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cheltenham Town (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 1-1. A draw for Newport before that, at their own venue hosting Salford City (0-0).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carlisle United in just three days.

The visiting Newport County have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Newport have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Newport County - Oldham 2-4. Oldham-Newport County H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Oldham Athletic three wins, Newport County two wins, zero draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OldhamC. McAleny
C. McAleny
10 goals
Oldham AthleticZ. Dearnley
Z. Dearnley
6 goals
Newport CountyS. Twine
S. Twine
6 goals

Oldham Athletic missing players

Newport County missing players

Oldham Athletic Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 1 12 22
8 2 1 Won W 0 4 11
5 1 1 Drew D 1 5 7
11 9 2 Lost L 0 3 4
37 16 5 Scored S 1 17 32
42 23 6 Conceded C 1 12 22
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
88% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 82%
67% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 45%
33% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 9%
29% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
75% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 68%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
25% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 11.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.4 14.2
3.8 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.5
41% 39% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 41%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (23) at home in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (42) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (16) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Cambridge United 24 12 5 7 38 23 12 7 3 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 41
2 Newport County 22 11 7 4 32 22 10 7 2 1 15 10 12 4 5 3 17 12 10 40
3 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
4 Forest Green Rovers 24 10 9 5 31 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 12 5 4 3 16 12 8 39
5 Salford City 23 10 7 6 29 17 11 5 6 0 18 7 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 37
6 Cheltenham Town 23 10 7 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 9 37
7 Leyton Orient 23 11 3 9 34 26 12 7 2 3 21 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 8 36
8 Morecambe 22 10 5 7 28 33 11 5 4 2 14 14 11 5 1 5 14 19 -5 35
9 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
10 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 41 27 11 6 2 3 23 11 10 2 7 1 18 16 14 33
11 Tranmere Rovers 22 9 5 8 26 27 10 5 0 5 14 11 12 4 5 3 12 16 -1 32
12 Walsall 24 7 11 6 29 32 13 5 4 4 14 15 11 2 7 2 15 17 -3 32
13 Colchester United 22 7 9 6 28 30 11 6 4 1 18 11 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 30
14 Mansfield Town 23 6 11 6 31 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 11 4 5 2 15 13 1 29
15 Port Vale 24 8 5 11 33 34 12 4 3 5 15 14 12 4 2 6 18 20 -1 29
16 Oldham Athletic 24 8 5 11 37 42 12 2 1 9 16 23 12 6 4 2 21 19 -5 29
17 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 7 9 27 35 12 3 3 6 12 17 11 4 4 3 15 18 -8 28
18 Harrogate Town 22 7 5 10 22 26 10 1 4 5 7 13 12 6 1 5 15 13 -4 26
19 Bradford City 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 24
20 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
21 Scunthorpe United 23 7 2 14 22 34 11 3 2 6 10 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -12 23
22 Stevenage 21 4 9 8 16 22 11 4 3 4 10 8 10 0 6 4 6 14 -6 21
23 Grimsby Town 24 5 6 13 19 40 12 2 4 6 8 18 12 3 2 7 11 22 -21 21
24 Southend United 23 5 5 13 15 35 12 4 1 7 12 18 11 1 4 6 3 17 -20 20

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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.