Soccer betting preview: Stevenage welcomes Newport County in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Straining Stevenage are aching to pull off a small shock when they welcome enterprising Newport County in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 21st vs 4th and the home crowd will have modest confidence.

Insights:
  • Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in League Two
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two

Stevenage and Newport County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Stevenage form and stats

Stevenage have played 17 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). The Stevenage manager Tisdale might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Stevenage shared the glory with Leyton Orient in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Defender Vancooten got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Vancooten hit one key pass and won 8 of 14 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Stevenage lost 0-2 at Port Vale's place.

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 Stevenage have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Northampton Town are coming to town in three days.

Stevenage are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. Stevenage's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Stevenage hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Scunthorpe United, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United, Colchester United, Rochdale, Oldham Athletic and Barrow), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Newport County form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Newport County playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Newport County have lost on their last two travels.

Newport County won their last game, 1-0 versus Bristol Rovers played at home. Waite got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Waite scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Forest Green Rovers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Newport County, four draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Newport manager Rowberry as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Carlisle United.

Newport County are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Newport County in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Newport County - Stevenage 5-0 logged in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Stevenage won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Newport County have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
24 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
8 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
8 goals

Stevenage missing players

Newport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stevenage Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
7 6 0 Won W 3 6 15
13 6 3 Drew D 1 5 11
15 5 2 Lost L 2 6 9
32 21 7 Scored S 5 20 56
54 23 12 Conceded C 6 24 45
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
71% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 77%
46% 47% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 60%
29% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 31%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
40% 47% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 57%
26% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 24% 26%
46% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 20%
 
4.7 4.9 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.2 4.8
5.1 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 4.5
1.3 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.6 11.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.8 14.1
3.6 4.4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.2 5.6
25% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 23% 29%
 
13.2 13.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13 12.1
4.3 4.2 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) 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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
4 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
5 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
6 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
7 Swindon Town 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 5 7 5 27 19 17 10 3 4 30 22 16 55
8 Exeter City 32 14 12 6 47 33 15 8 5 2 24 14 17 6 7 4 23 19 14 54
9 Bristol Rovers 34 14 9 11 46 41 17 9 3 5 24 19 17 5 6 6 22 22 5 51
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 5 6 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

Table
  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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
4 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
5 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
6 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
7 Swindon Town 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 5 7 5 27 19 17 10 3 4 30 22 16 55
8 Exeter City 32 14 12 6 47 33 15 8 5 2 24 14 17 6 7 4 23 19 14 54
9 Bristol Rovers 34 14 9 11 46 41 17 9 3 5 24 19 17 5 6 6 22 22 5 51
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 5 6 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

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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.