Swindon Town and Newport County have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. The teams both have mid-table positions in the League Two.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Swindon Town nor Newport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town have collected 8 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-2-1.
The Swindon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Northampton Town here at The County Ground. Before that game this team had gone nine consecutive league matches without being beaten. The versatile forward Williams bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Williams scored one goal.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Grimsby Town and winning 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Swindon Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swindon Town as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Swindon Town has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The manager Lindsey will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stevenage in only four days.
Swindon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The County Ground with 8 goals in 5 league matches.
Newport County form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Two travels in a row for Newport County, whose manager Rowberry could celebrate last time after the win against Leyton Orient. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without winning. The attacker Evans got a match rating of 7.71 in that game. Evans scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Newport before that, at their own venue hosting Carlisle United (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Newport County, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Newport County are hosting Rochdale in the League Two only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Newport have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon Town four wins, one draw and Newport County five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Bogle 6 goals |   J. Wakeling 4 goals |  J. Williams 3 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Newport County missing players
| Swindon Town | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 12.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 35% | 47% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 88% | 67% |
| 11.2 | 12 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.2 | 10.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
- Newport County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Barrow | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Newport County | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Walsall | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
