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

Fri 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Rodney Parade, Newport

The League Two is the focus for both Newport County and Barnet on Friday afternoon, as managers David Robert Hughes and Dean Brennan face one another at the Rodney Parade. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


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Newport
23%
--
Draw
25%
--
Barnet
52%
--
Barnet 1-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Barnet 2-0
10%
--
Barnet 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Newport 1-0
8%
--
Newport 2-1
6%
--
Barnet 3-0
5%
--
Barnet 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Newport 2-0
4%
--
Barnet 3-2
2%
--
Barnet 4-0
2%
--
Barnet 4-1
2%
--
Newport 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
41%
--
Away 1st Goal
54%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
10%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
21%
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Home/draw
48%
--
Away/draw
77%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
40%
--
Away DNB
70%
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Newport win to nil
13%
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Barnet win to nil
31%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Newport have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Newport are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Newport have conceded 35 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Newport have played 9 games at home, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Barnet lay in 11th place on 28 points in the League Two league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnet have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Barnet have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Newport
Barnet
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Walsall1912251138 
l
 
2-4F
Mar 21
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
2
Notts C1910451134 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
3
Swindon191045634 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 9
Feb 17
w
 
0-2F
4
Bromley19964833 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
5
MK Dons199551432 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 14
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
6
Cambridge19865430 
Feb 21
l
 
2-0A
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
7
Salford19937-130 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 17
Dec 20
Mar 7
8
Gillingham19784629 
l
 
1-3F
Jan 17
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
9
Chesterfield19784329 
Jan 24
l
 
4-1A
Feb 28
Dec 13
10
Colchester19775728 
Mar 7
Dec 20
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
11
Barnet19775728 
Dec 26
Mar 14
-
-
12
Crewe19847328 
Dec 29
d
 
2-2A
Jan 4
w
 
1-2A
13
Grimsby19766727 
Feb 7
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
14
Fleetwood19766127 
Dec 13
Feb 28
l
 
0-2A
Apr 6
15
Tranmere19685626 
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
Jan 27
w
 
0-2F
16
Accrington19667124 
Jan 27
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Jan 10
17
Oldham19586223 
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
Jan 24
d
 
1-1F
18
Barrow19559-820 
d
 
2-2F
May 2
Apr 11
d
 
2-2A
19
Cheltenham196211-1720 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
20
Shrewsbury19469-1318 
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3F
Jan 31
21
Crawley194510-1017 
Apr 3
w
 
1-2F
Jan 1
Mar 17
22
Bristol R195212-2017 
l
 
2-3A
Jan 31
w
 
4-0F
Dec 29
23
Harrogate194411-1316 
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1F
May 2
24
Newport193412-1513 
-
-
Mar 14
Dec 26
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Newport 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport2 - 2Barrow
Newport2 - 4Walsall
Newport0 - 2Cheltenham
Newport0 - 1Swindon
Newport1 - 3Gillingham
Newport2 - 3Bristol R
Newport1 - 2MK Dons
Newport0 - 1Salford
Newport1 - 1Notts C
Newport1 - 4Tranmere
Newport0 - 0Walsall
Newport0 - 2Colchester
Newport1 - 1Bromley
Newport0 - 2Notts C
Newport3 - 0Harrogate
Newport3 - 1Gillingham
Newport0 - 3Cheltenham
Newport0 - 0Bradford
Newport1 - 0Carlisle
Newport2 - 1Morecambe
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HNewport1 - 2MK Dons
HNewport0 - 1Salford
ANewport1 - 2Grimsby
ANewport2 - 1Crawley
HNewport1 - 1Notts C
HNewport1 - 4Tranmere
Barnet 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham1 - 1Barnet
Cambridge0 - 0Barnet
Barrow2 - 2Barnet
Tranmere0 - 2Barnet
Oldham1 - 1Barnet
Crewe1 - 2Barnet
Cheltenham0 - 1Barnet
Swindon0 - 2Barnet
Bromley2 - 0Barnet
Morecambe0 - 1Barnet
Grimsby2 - 2Barnet
Stevenage4 - 1Barnet
Luton2 - 0Barnet
Coventry1 - 0Barnet
Colchester0 - 1Barnet
Yeovil2 - 0Barnet
Mansfield3 - 1Barnet
Cheltenham1 - 1Barnet
Crawley2 - 0Barnet
Exeter2 - 1Barnet
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnet4 - 0Bristol R
HBarnet1 - 1Harrogate
ABarnet1 - 1Gillingham
ABarnet0 - 0Cambridge
HBarnet2 - 2MK Dons
ABarnet2 - 2Barrow
HBarnet0 - 1Notts C
ABarnet2 - 0Tranmere
HBarnet2 - 0Accrington
ABarnet1 - 1Oldham
HBarnet3 - 0Grimsby
ABarnet2 - 1Crewe
HBarnet1 - 3Shrewsbury
HBarnet1 - 1Colchester
ABarnet1 - 0Cheltenham
ABarnet2 - 0Swindon
HBarnet1 - 2Walsall
ABarnet0 - 2Bromley
HBarnet0 - 2Fleetwood
HBarnet3 - 0Chesterfield
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Barnet have not lost to Newport in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Newport since 2016
Newport
Barnet
Goals: Scored
3
7
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
BAT
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
1 - 2Barnet
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 3Barnet
League games at Barnet since 2015
Barnet
Newport
Goals: Scored
4
0
Games: Scored
2 / 3
0 / 3
Clean sheets
3 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
BAT
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnet
Barnet2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Barnet2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Barnet's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday afternoon, not least because Newport County have conceded in each of their last 5 League Two games. A PG of 1.6 for D. Brennan's side suggests that run should continue.

Newport 24th Barnet 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Newport scoring 1 goal or less
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Barnet will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-17
Newport have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
=0
Barnet’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Newport
PG (predicted goals)
Barnet
0.9
1.6
Attack rating
NEW
BAT
15%
better
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Games scored13
15
Failed to score6
4
Scored first8
11
Goals scored20
26
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.4
Avg. shots per game7
11
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
NEW
BAT
33%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
12
Clean sheets2
7
Conceded first11
7
Goals conceded35
19
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
16%
Avg. XG against1.7
1
KickOff rating
+33%

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

Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19345
L. JenkinsC Baker-RichardsonK. WhitmoreK. Whitmore
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L. Jenkins DEF191
4
-
C Antwi MID182
1
-
B Kamwa FWD181
-
C Evans DEF16
2
-
M. Reindorf FWD161
2
-
C Baker-Richardson FWD1631
2
1
H. Ogunneye DEF151
3
-
K. Whitmore MID1434
5
-
M Spellman FWD1411
3
-
S Braybroke MID131
3
-
G Garner FWD1321
2
-
T Davies DEF12
1
-
M Baker DEF1211
2
-
B Lloyd MID121
1
-
N Tzanev GLK11
-
J. Thomas DEF9
-
J Wright GLK8
1
-
J Clarke DEF7
-
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF71
2
-
N Opoku FWD721
-
C Brennan DEF6
-
M Smith MID61
2
-
A Odimayo DEF5
-
L Shephard DEF21
-
J. Warner DEF1
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Barnet League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
D CollingeA SeniorI KanuM Shelton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Senior DEF1942
2
-
D Collinge DEF1911
3
-
I Kanu FWD193
3
-
O Hawkins FWD192
3
-
R Glover FWD1921
1
-
C Stead FWD184
1
-
N Ofoborh MID1732
2
1
C Slicker GLK16
2
1
M Shelton MID1642
5
-
K Smith DEF152
1
-
N Tavares DEF15
-
A Hartigan MID152
2
-
L Ndlovu FWD1532
2
-
R Galvin DEF9
-
E Osadebe MID91
1
1
B. Winterburn MID8
-
D Adeniran MID71
1
-
O Kensdale  DEF6
1
-
R Crichlow DEF5
3
-
B Assombalonga FWD41
-
R Browne FWD4
-
O Evans GLK3
-
J Hugill FWD3
-
R. Stutter FWD1
-