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Bristol Rovers v Newport County : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st Jan, 12:30 BST, The Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Darrell Clarke welcomes David Robert Hughes to The Memorial Stadium on Saturday lunch time, as their Bristol Rovers and Newport County teams do battle in the League Two. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are provided too.


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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Bristol R
34%
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Draw
25%
--
Newport
41%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Newport 2-1
9%
--
Newport 1-0
8%
--
Bristol R 2-1
8%
--
Bristol R 1-0
8%
--
Newport 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Bristol R 2-0
5%
--
Newport 3-1
4%
--
Bristol R 3-1
4%
--
Newport 3-0
3%
--
Newport 3-2
3%
--
Bristol R 3-2
3%
--
Bristol R 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
21%
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Home/draw
59%
--
Away/draw
66%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
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Home DNB
51%
--
Away DNB
58%
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Bristol R win to nil
16%
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Newport win to nil
20%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Bristol R have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 21st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 0 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 26 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Bristol R have played 13 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 9 games. They have scored 8 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Newport are in 24th position in the League Two on 17 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Newport have conceded 46 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol R
Newport
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley2615741752 
l
 
2-3F
Mar 14
Mar 17
l
 
2-1A
2
Swindon2514471246 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 28
l
 
0-1A
Feb 11
3
Walsall2514471146 
Feb 3
l
 
2-1F
l
 
2-4F
Mar 21
4
Salford251447546 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 24
l
 
0-1A
Feb 17
5
MK Dons2612862044 
l
 
0-4A
Jan 27
l
 
1-2F
Feb 14
6
Cambridge2512851044 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 14
Feb 21
l
 
2-0A
7
Notts C2512671142 
l
 
0-1A
May 2
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
8
Chesterfield2610115741 
Feb 7
l
 
3-1A
Jan 24
l
 
4-1A
9
Colchester2510961139 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 7
l
 
4-1A
10
Crewe261169839 
Mar 7
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
11
Grimsby251078637 
Feb 21
w
 
0-1F
Feb 7
l
 
2-1A
12
Oldham258116635 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 17
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
13
Barnet25988535 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
14
Gillingham258116435 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 21
l
 
1-3F
l
 
3-2F
15
Fleetwood25979134 
Apr 3
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
16
Accrington259610-133 
Mar 28
l
 
3-1A
Jan 27
w
 
0-1F
17
Tranmere268810-232 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 18
-
d
 
1-1A
18
Cheltenham269314-1730 
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
19
Barrow256613-1124 
w
 
2-1F
-
d
 
2-2F
May 2
20
Shrewsbury255713-1922 
Mar 17
w
 
0-3F
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
21
Bristol R256316-2421 
-
-
l
 
2-3A
Jan 31
22
Crawley264715-1819 
Apr 11
l
 
4-0A
Apr 3
w
 
1-2F
23
Harrogate264616-2218 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 6
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
24
Newport254516-2017 
Jan 31
w
 
2-3F
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Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol R 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
D
1
Lost
14
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R0 - 1Colchester
Bristol R0 - 2Barnet
Bristol R2 - 3Bromley
Bristol R0 - 3Swindon
Bristol R0 - 1Notts C
Bristol R0 - 1Gillingham
Bristol R1 - 4Tranmere
Bristol R0 - 4MK Dons
Bristol R2 - 1Salford
Bristol R2 - 1Barrow
Bristol R1 - 0Cambridge
Bristol R0 - 0Oldham
Bristol R0 - 1Harrogate
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Bristol R0 - 1Stevenage
Bristol R1 - 2Exeter
Bristol R1 - 2Birmingham
Bristol R1 - 2Mansfield
Bristol R3 - 2Bolton
Bristol R1 - 0Huddersfield
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol R0 - 1Colchester
ABristol R3 - 0Shrewsbury
HBristol R0 - 2Barnet
HBristol R2 - 3Bromley
ABristol R1 - 1Crewe
HBristol R0 - 3Swindon
ABristol R0 - 4Barnet
HBristol R0 - 1Notts C
ABristol R0 - 1Cheltenham
ABristol R1 - 3Accrington
HBristol R0 - 1Gillingham
ABristol R0 - 4Crawley
HBristol R1 - 4Tranmere
HBristol R0 - 4MK Dons
ABristol R1 - 2Walsall
HBristol R2 - 1Salford
ABristol R1 - 1Colchester
HBristol R2 - 1Barrow
ABristol R3 - 2Newport
ABristol R1 - 0Grimsby
Newport 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham3 - 2Newport
Bromley2 - 1Newport
Colchester4 - 1Newport
Crewe2 - 2Newport
Oldham3 - 0Newport
Shrewsbury1 - 0Newport
Harrogate0 - 3Newport
Accrington0 - 1Newport
Chesterfield4 - 1Newport
Tranmere1 - 1Newport
Cambridge2 - 0Newport
Grimsby2 - 1Newport
Crawley1 - 2Newport
Fleetwood2 - 0Newport
MK Dons0 - 0Newport
Carlisle3 - 2Newport
Grimsby1 - 0Newport
Accrington5 - 0Newport
Chesterfield2 - 1Newport
Doncaster3 - 0Newport
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANewport2 - 3Gillingham
ANewport1 - 2Bromley
HNewport2 - 0Crewe
HNewport0 - 0Barnet
ANewport1 - 4Colchester
HNewport0 - 2Fleetwood
ANewport2 - 2Crewe
HNewport2 - 2Barrow
ANewport0 - 3Oldham
ANewport0 - 1Shrewsbury
HNewport2 - 4Walsall
ANewport3 - 0Harrogate
HNewport0 - 2Cheltenham
ANewport1 - 0Accrington
HNewport0 - 1Swindon
ANewport1 - 4Chesterfield
HNewport1 - 3Gillingham
ANewport1 - 1Tranmere
HNewport2 - 3Bristol R
ANewport0 - 2Cambridge
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bristol R since 2014
Bristol R
Newport
Goals: Scored
5
8
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
BRI
1
NEW
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
1 - 3Newport
1 - 4Newport
Bristol R3 - 1
League games at Newport since 2013
Newport
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
5
7
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
BRI
2
NEW
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
2 - 3Bristol R
Newport1 - 0
1 - 4Bristol R
Newport1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Bristol R 22nd Newport 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Newport will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-43
Bristol R have scored 43% fewer goals at home than predicted
-13
Newport have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
0.8
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Bristol R
PG (predicted goals)
Newport
1.4
1.5
Attack rating
BRI
NEW
19%
better
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Games scored14
17
Failed to score11
8
Scored first8
10
Goals scored21
26
Avg. goals scored0.8
1
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
BRI
NEW
3%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
21
Clean sheets4
4
Conceded first16
14
Goals conceded45
46
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
6
Conversion rate against22%
17%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.9
KickOff rating
+3%

Bristol R v Newport League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol R League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22836
J SparkesF CavegnA KilgourJ Sparkes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Sparkes DEF2511
5
1
K Conteh MID2411
1
-
F Cavegn FWD248
1
-
L Thomas FWD232
3
-
L Southwood GLK22
3
-
A Kilgour DEF203
4
-
J McEachran MID1911
5
-
E Harrison FWD1831
4
-
A Chang MID1612
2
-
M Southam-Hales DEF151
4
-
C Mola DEF15
6
-
T Moore DEF14
1
-
K Lopata DEF14
3
1
R Sotiriou FWD14
3
-
J Cotterill MID13
2
-
O. Dewsbury FWD12
1
-
S Forde FWD111
3
1
J Senior DEF101
1
1
T Lockyer DEF10
2
-
P Omochere FWD101
2
-
B Bilongo DEF9
1
-
F Issaka FWD7
-
R Howley MID6
1
-
S Negru DEF5
-
B Young GLK3
-
Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25445
L. JenkinsC Baker-RichardsonK. WhitmoreM Spellman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L. Jenkins DEF252
4
-
C Antwi MID243
1
-
B Kamwa FWD241
-
C Baker-Richardson FWD2041
2
1
C Evans DEF19
3
-
M Spellman FWD1921
4
1
M Baker DEF1711
4
-
S Braybroke MID1721
3
-
B Lloyd MID171
2
-
K. Whitmore MID1634
5
-
M. Reindorf FWD161
2
-
H. Ogunneye DEF151
3
-
T Davies DEF15
1
-
J Wright GLK14
1
-
G Garner FWD1421
2
-
J. Thomas DEF13
-
N Opoku FWD1332
-
J Clarke DEF12
-
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF121
4
-
N Tzanev GLK11
-
C Brennan DEF11
2
-
M Smith MID111
3
-
L Shephard DEF51
-
A Odimayo DEF5
-
J. Warner DEF1
-