League Two: Morecambe vs Newport – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League Two round 4 match between Morecambe and Newport and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Morecambe hope to live up to their early billing as the League Two title favourites on Saturday when they welcome Newport over to the Mazuma Stadium for a round 4 match.

With six points after three games, Newport currently rank 5th in the League Two standings. Morecambe play catch-up as they recorded zero points in three matches, putting them up as 24th before their upcoming clash.

Form: Morecambe vs Newport

Morecambe Form

Morecambe endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 3-0 against Huddersfield, before Gillingham won 0-1, while Doncaster claimed a victory in a 1-0 match. Morecambe just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League Two matches at the Mazuma Stadium. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded 11 goals.

Newport Form

Newport look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Leyton Orient, they were left empty-handed in a 4-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Doncaster in a 3-1 win. They followed that up with a 3-1 win against Accrington in their most recent outing. Newport managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League Two. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 11 time and letting in six.

Betting facts for Morecambe and Newport

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Morecambe and Newport. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Morecambe vs Newport

Having scored just once lately in the League Two, Charlie Brown will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Newport hope Courtney Baker-Richardson can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three League Two goals in his last six League Two games.

Betting markets: Morecambe vs Newport

Full-time result

Morecambe claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in six of the games in this run. Newport won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing eight in this series of matches. Amazingly, Newport failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 matches.

Both teams to score

Morecambe scored first in six of their last ten home games. Interestingly, Newport scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Morecambe have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Newport games. Newport managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Morecambe were first on target in two of their last 10 outings. Morecambe have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Newport.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Morecambe, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Newport, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves. Astonishingly, Morecambe conceded a goal in their last 14 matches. Newport’s last 4 matches had over 3.5 goals.

Suggested bet: Morecambe vs Newport

To sum up, the upcoming match between Morecambe and Newport seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this League Two game.

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