Oldham Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 38 points and a 19th position in the League Two table. Visiting Newport County holds 16th place with 43 pts.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago. That game, against Grimsby Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Newport County.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
5 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Oldham Athletic have to build on here at Boundary Park in the League Two.
An away draw last time out for Oldham Athletic, facing Leyton Orient in a game that ended 2-2. Before that, Oldham Athletic drew at home versus Forest Green Rovers.
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 Oldham Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won three, drawn six and lost four.
Oldham Athletic has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. On the other hand, Oldham Athletic have conceded 21 goals.
Newport County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newport County so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Newport County in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Scunthorpe United.
Newport County lost away at Grimsby Town (2-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Bradford City.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Grimsby Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Newport County, two draws and eight defeats.
The attacking power of Newport County when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Newport County have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Oldham Athletic and Newport County have met before this season: Newport County - Oldham Athletic 0-1. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Oldham Athletic, zero draws and two wins for Newport County. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
 J. Smith 8 goals |  P. Amond 8 goals | J. Matt 6 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Newport County missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 39 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 54 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 91% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | 58% |
| 51% | 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 27% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 9% |
| 9% | 6% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 60% | 65% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 40% | 45% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 31% | 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 47% | 30% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 472 | 272 | 107 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 159 | 418 |
| 145 | 84 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 39 | 108 |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 31% | 29% |
- Newport County has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Newport County has the fewest scored goals (12) away
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 66 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 64 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 63 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 62 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 60 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 55 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 35 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 55 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 55 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 51 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 45 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 44 |
| 13 | Salford City | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 22 | -1 | 44 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -2 | 44 |
| 15 | Walsall | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -11 | 44 |
| 16 | Newport County | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 43 |
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -8 | 39 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -9 | 39 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -15 | 38 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -17 | 36 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -8 | 35 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | -24 | 31 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -10 | 30 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 35 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 22 |