Ace Football previews the League Two game between Newport and Barnet who meet up on Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Barnet go up against Newport on Friday for a League Two meeting at Rodney Parade.
Placed 24th in the table Newport have amassed 13 points after 21 matches. On 28 points, Barnet rank 13th with 21 matches played this season.
Form: Newport vs Barnet
Newport Form
A single point is all Newport can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 2-2 draw with Crewe, before getting trounced 0-2 against Fleetwood while Colchester won 4-1. Newport did not win any of their last six League Two matches at the Rodney Parade. They came through these matches with a record of one draws and four defeats, in which they conceded 16 and scored ten goals.
Barnet Form
Barnet have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 4-0 win against Bristol Rovers. Unable to follow that up, they went down 3-1 against Chesterfield, before suffering another loss in a 1-3 match against Salford City. Barnet claimed just one win from the last six away games in the League Two. They also drew four and were defeated one times, as they were outscored by seven goals to seven.
Betting stats for Newport and Barnet
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Newport and Barnet played across all tournaments.
- Newport have lost 6 of the last 8 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 6 Newport matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Newport matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Newport matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Barnet away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Barnet matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 3 Barnet matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 3 Barnet matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Barnet matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Newport vs Barnet
Having scored just once lately in the League Two, Courtney Baker-Richardson will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Barnet hope Mark Shelton can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two League Two goals in his last six League Two games.
Popular betting markets: Newport vs Barnet
Full-time result
In their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments Newport won none, drew two and lost eight. Barnet won three, drew four and lost three of their previous 10 games away from home. Barnet have not lost to Newport in 6 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Newport only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Barnet scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Newport managed to keep a clean sheet in zero of the last 10 games, Barnet kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Newport and Barnet when playing at Rodney Parade.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Newport, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Barnet, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves. Newport conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches.
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