Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Stockport County supporters are hoping that the gulf between 5th and Newport County's 17th spot in the table will be visible on the grass.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stockport County and Newport County.
Stockport County form and stats
9 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Stockport County have to build on here at Edgeley Park in the League Two. In general it's been a long time since Stockport County tasted defeat here at Edgeley Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Stockport enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sutton United's place. The match ended 1-0 with Stretton scoring.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Salford City.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Stockport County matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats (from 10 games).
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.
Stockport County has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Stockport County are not conceding a lot of goals here at Edgeley Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 20 matches.
Newport County form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Newport County have produced an overall stat of 6-8-6 so far.
Newport have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Joe Day. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
Newport County are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Northampton Town (placed 2nd). The attacker Bogle got a match rating of 9.12 in that game. Bogle scored two goals, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Colchester United that ended 0-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Newport have scored 21 goals in 20 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Stockport County have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) against Newport County.The former H2H meeting ended Newport County - Stockport 1-2, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Wootton 12 goals |   O. Bogle 11 goals | P. Madden 10 goals |
Stockport County missing players
Newport County missing players
| Stockport County | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 20 | 39 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 53 | 26 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 33 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 43 |
| 88% | 80% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| 65% | 70% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 70% | 72% |
| 38% | 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 15% | 15% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 45% | 45% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 55% | 51% |
| 48% | 55% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 25% | 23% |
| 20% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 30% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 13.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | 43% |
| 8.9 | 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 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 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 80 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 70 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 69 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 69 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 67 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 39 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 65 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 64 |
| 8 | Salford City | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 63 |
| 9 | Barrow | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 58 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -1 | 57 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 51 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -15 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 40 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 50 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 50 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 39 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 48 |
| 17 | Newport County | 39 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 47 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 41 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 47 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 39 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 57 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 40 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 40 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -12 | 39 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 38 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 40 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 69 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -22 | 38 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 61 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 32 |
