It's a clean slate in League Two - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Sutton United and Newport County did in their pre-season friendlies!
Sutton United form and stats
The season before, Sutton United's league stats were 22 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, ending with 8th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 69 goals and gave away 53. Appearing at home in the previous season Sutton United generated 14-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 20 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutton United handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Sutton friendly games in pre-season: Sutton United played five friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Sutton United scored 7 goals and conceded 5 in these five games.
Newport County form and stats
Let's have a look at how Newport County performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 12 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 27/27 goals scored/conceded.
Newport County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Newport have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings between these squads: Sutton United won one, Newport County were winners in five and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Sutton United missing players
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| Sutton United | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sutton United | Last season | Newport County | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 69 | 38 | Scored | S | 27 | 67 | ||
| 53 | 20 | Conceded | C | 27 | 58 | ||
| 93% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 46% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 57% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 26% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 13% | ||
| 50% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 54% | ||
| 37% | 48% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 26% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Newport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Salford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Sutton United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Walsall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 31 | 84 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 80 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 80 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 78 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 77 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 77 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 54 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -20 | 54 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | -8 | 53 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -11 | 53 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -23 | 53 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 54 | -61 | 26 |