This is a vital clash in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Rochdale and Newport County experiencing more concern than glee. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the home team at 23rd and the visitors in 18th position.
- Rochdale have the fewest points (7) at home in League Two
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rochdale form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Rochdale have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at Crown Oil Arena. Three consecutive losses here at Crown Oil Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Rochdale shared the glory with Barrow in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ebanks-Landell was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Ebanks-Landell won 6 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Doncaster Rovers (3-4).Rochdale are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Bradford City awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rochdale here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rochdale defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Newport County form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. When Newport County is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town is teams we like to compare Rochdale with. The last three matches for Newport have all ended in a draw.
Newport County played 2-2 against Crawley Town in their previous match. Newport's last match (vs Crawley Town) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Zanzala. Midfield player Lewis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Lewis served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Leyton Orient.Newport County have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. When Newport County is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded result between these teams is the Newport County - Rochdale 0-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Rochdale victories, zero draws and one Newport County win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Bogle 7 goals |   D. Rodney 4 goals | S. Quigley 4 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Newport County missing players
| Rochdale | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 35 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 43% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 33% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 12% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 43% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 46% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 21% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 42% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 10.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 31% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 92% | 57% |
| 12.3 | 10.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 11.1 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3 |
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rochdale have the fewest points (7) at home in League Two
- Rochdale 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 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 53 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 51 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Walsall | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Barrow | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Newport County | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 19 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 14 |
