Cheltenham vs Newport County Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent league form

Cheltenham have lost just once in their last seven League Two outings, picking up three wins and three draws along the way. C. McCann has been finding the net regularly up front during that run.

Cheltenham: 20 completed matches; Newport County: 20 completed matches.

Cheltenham

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

33

Difference

-1

Newport County

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

29

Difference

+5

Newport County's record over the same stretch reads very differently. Just one win in seven, with three losses and three draws, including defeats to Northampton, Salford City and Bristol Rovers.

Cheltenham's form is the steadier of the two, even allowing for a couple of recent home draws.

Comparative Team Statistics: Cheltenham vs Newport County

Cheltenham's recent hold over Newport

Cheltenham have won the last five meetings between these two clubs, including a 1-0 win at this ground back in April. That run stretches across league and cup fixtures, home and away.

Older results in this rivalry go the other way at times, so it's not a one-sided history overall. But the recent trend has clearly favoured Cheltenham.

A big gap in the table

Cheltenham sit fifth with 12 points from seven games, while Newport are down in 19th with just six points from the same number of matches. Cheltenham have also scored more, 14 goals to Newport's 10, while both sides have conceded 11.

That gap in the table lines up with the pattern in recent form and head-to-head results.

Where the goals have come from

C. McCann has been Cheltenham's standout performer with six goals in seven games, and J. Evans and A. Weimann have chipped in too, spreading the goal threat around.

Cheltenham:

Best scorers:

C. McCann - 7

A. Weimann - 4

J. Evans - 3

Best assist providers:

A. Weimann - 2

J. Evans - 2

R. Broom - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Tomkinson x 4

S. McWilliams x 4

Newport County:

Best scorers:

S. Gwengwe - 5

Best assist providers:

H. Biggins - 2

C. Doidge - 2

Newport's scoring has been shared between S. Gwengwe, who has four goals, and H. Biggins, who also has a couple of assists. It's a shorter list of contributors than Cheltenham can call on.

What kind of game to expect

Recent meetings between these two haven't been short of goals, with several decided by more than a one-goal margin. Cheltenham's home matches this season have mixed comfortable wins with a few draws, so it hasn't been a fortress.

Newport have shown they can score, putting three past Bristol Rovers in August, but they've also conceded regularly away from home.