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

Tue 3rd Mar, 19:45 BST, Rodney Parade, Newport

The League Two is the focus for both Newport County and Tranmere Rovers on Tuesday evening, as managers David Robert Hughes and Andy Crosby go head to head at the Rodney Parade. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League Two performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Newport and Tranmere's latest form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Tranmere coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Newport
34%
OFF9/4
Draw
25%
OFF12/5
Tranmere
42%
OFF23/20
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/1
Tranmere 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Tranmere 1-0
9%
15/213/2
Newport 2-1
8%
11/19/1
Newport 1-0
8%
10/117/2
Tranmere 2-0
7%
10/117/2
Draw 2-2
6%
12/111/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/19/1
Newport 2-0
5%
16/114/1
Tranmere 3-1
5%
16/112/1
Newport 3-1
4%
25/118/1
Tranmere 3-0
3%
18/114/1
Tranmere 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Newport 3-2
3%
33/122/1
Newport 3-0
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
17/205/6
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
19/2010/11
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/55/4
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/114/5
No 1st Goal
3%
10/117/2
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/67/10
BTTS - No
42%
11/1021/20
BTTS - Home Win
17%
11/29/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
21%
10/33/1
Home/draw
58%
7/104/6
Away/draw
66%
1/31/3
Home/away
75%
3/103/10
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/41/4
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/45/2
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
2/12/1
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
4/111/3
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
5/119/4
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/81/8
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/110/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/33
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/25
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/19/1
Home DNB
51%
11/813/10
Away DNB
59%
8/1511/20
Newport win to nil
16%
5/1-
Tranmere win to nil
20%
11/4-
Newport / Newport
15%
9/24/1
Newport / Tranmere
4%
22/118/1
Newport / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Newport
11%
13/26/1
Draw / Tranmere
15%
9/217/4
Draw / Draw
15%
9/24/1
Tranmere / Newport
3%
28/122/1
Tranmere / Tranmere
24%
12/523/10
Tranmere / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Newport have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

33 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 21 games, drawn 6 and won 6. Newport have conceded 60 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Newport have played 16 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Tranmere lay in 17th place on 35 points in the League Two league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 22 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Tranmere have conceded 7 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Tranmere have played 16 away games, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Newport
Tranmere
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley33181142265 
Mar 17
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
3-3A
2
Cambridge3318962263 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-2F
3
Notts C3318782061 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-0A
4
Swindon34194111661 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
Mar 21
l
 
2-1A
5
MK Dons32161062758 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
6
Crewe34158111053 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-4A
Feb 28
7
Chesterfield3313146953 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
8
Salford3116411352 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
9
Walsall311489750 
l
 
2-4F
Mar 21
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-2A
10
Colchester32131091449 
Mar 7
l
 
4-1A
Apr 6
d
 
1-1F
11
Grimsby3213109849 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
May 2
w
 
1-2F
12
Barnet33121110547 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
13
Accrington3213712346 
l
 
1-4A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
14
Fleetwood3212812144 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
15
Oldham3110129442 
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
Mar 7
l
 
3-1A
16
Gillingham32101111-141 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
17
Tranmere339816-1235 
Mar 3
d
 
1-1A
-
-
18
Shrewsbury339816-2035 
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
Apr 3
19
Cheltenham3210517-2135 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
20
Bristol R339321-2430 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
Apr 18
w
 
1-4F
21
Crawley3461018-2128 
Apr 3
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
22
Barrow327619-1727 
d
 
2-2F
May 2
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-3F
23
Harrogate346820-2726 
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
Mar 17
w
 
0-2F
24
Newport336621-2824 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Mar 3
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Newport 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
2
Draw
6
Lost
12
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport0 - 2Cambridge
Newport0 - 0Grimsby
Newport1 - 4Accrington
Newport2 - 1Chesterfield
Newport2 - 0Crewe
Newport0 - 0Barnet
Newport0 - 2Fleetwood
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
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNewport0 - 2Cambridge
ANewport3 - 1Salford
ANewport0 - 1MK Dons
ANewport0 - 2Swindon
HNewport0 - 0Grimsby
ANewport0 - 3Bristol R
HNewport1 - 4Accrington
HNewport2 - 1Chesterfield
ANewport2 - 3Gillingham
ANewport1 - 2Bromley
HNewport2 - 0Crewe
HNewport0 - 0Barnet
ANewport1 - 4Colchester
HNewport0 - 2Fleetwood
ANewport2 - 2Crewe
HNewport2 - 2Barrow
ANewport0 - 3Oldham
ANewport0 - 1Shrewsbury
HNewport2 - 4Walsall
ANewport3 - 0Harrogate
Tranmere 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Notts C5 - 0Tranmere
Gillingham2 - 1Tranmere
Barnet1 - 0Tranmere
Cambridge4 - 2Tranmere
Harrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Oldham3 - 1Tranmere
Barrow0 - 3Tranmere
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Swindon2 - 1Tranmere
Accrington1 - 1Tranmere
Bristol R1 - 4Tranmere
Bromley3 - 3Tranmere
Walsall4 - 2Tranmere
Salford3 - 1Tranmere
Crawley0 - 2Tranmere
Colchester1 - 1Tranmere
Newport1 - 4Tranmere
Barrow0 - 0Tranmere
Accrington3 - 3Tranmere
Harrogate3 - 2Tranmere
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere0 - 5Notts C
HTranmere0 - 1Accrington
HTranmere2 - 0Crawley
ATranmere1 - 2Gillingham
HTranmere0 - 2Salford
ATranmere0 - 1Barnet
ATranmere2 - 4Cambridge
HTranmere1 - 3Walsall
HTranmere0 - 2Bromley
ATranmere2 - 0Harrogate
HTranmere1 - 3Barrow
HTranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
ATranmere1 - 3Oldham
HTranmere1 - 4Crewe
ATranmere3 - 0Barrow
ATranmere2 - 1Grimsby
HTranmere2 - 2MK Dons
HTranmere3 - 2Cheltenham
ATranmere1 - 2Swindon
ATranmere1 - 1Accrington
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Tranmere have not lost to Newport in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Newport since 2015
Newport
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
10
11
Games: Scored
6 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
2 / 8
NEW
3
D
2
TRA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
1 - 4Tranmere
1 - 2Tranmere
Newport2 - 1
Newport4 - 2
Newport1 - 0
0 - 1Tranmere
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Tranmere since 2014
Tranmere
Newport
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
NEW
3
D
2
TRA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw1 - 1Draw
Tranmere2 - 1
Tranmere2 - 1
1 - 3Newport
0 - 1Newport
Tranmere1 - 0
0 - 1Newport
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Newport 24th Tranmere 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Newport will score no more than 1 goal
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Tranmere will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-29
Newport have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted
+33
Tranmere have scored 33% more goals when away than predicted
0.8
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Newport
PG (predicted goals)
Tranmere
1.3
1.5
Attack rating
NEW
TRA
24%
better
view stats
Games scored20
26
Failed to score13
7
Scored first12
15
Goals scored32
45
Avg. goals scored1
1.4
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for13
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
NEW
TRA
7%
better
view stats
Games conceded28
26
Clean sheets5
7
Conceded first19
17
Goals conceded60
57
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
18%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.6
KickOff rating
+7%

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

Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26547
L. JenkinsN OpokuK. WhitmoreM Spellman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L. Jenkins DEF282
4
-
B Kamwa FWD281
-
M Spellman FWD2731
6
1
M Baker DEF2511
4
-
C Antwi MID243
1
-
B Lloyd MID2311
4
-
J Wright GLK22
1
-
C Evans DEF22
4
-
C Baker-Richardson FWD2241
3
1
J. Thomas DEF21
-
T Davies DEF211
1
-
N Opoku FWD2052
2
1
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF1911
7
-
G Garner FWD1921
2
-
C Brennan DEF17
2
-
S Braybroke MID1721
3
-
K. Whitmore MID1634
5
-
M. Reindorf FWD161
2
-
H. Ogunneye DEF151
3
-
M Smith MID132
4
-
J Clarke DEF12
-
N Tzanev GLK11
-
L Shephard DEF91
-
A Odimayo DEF5
-
J. Warner DEF1
-
Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
33945
N SmithC WhitakerO PatrickN Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Smith DEF333
5
-
P Brough DEF3211
5
-
C Norman DEF3232
4
-
C Whitaker MID3192
3
-
C Jennings FWD2843
2
-
R Smallwood  MID261
4
-
J Ironside FWD2652
3
-
O Patrick FWD2464
1
-
J Davison FWD2422
2
-
J. Joseph DEF2311
3
-
N Kenneh MID231
3
-
J Murphy GLK21
3
-
B. Blacker MID2111
3
-
S Finley MID201
5
-
K Dennis FWD1941
3
-
A McGowan DEF162
2
-
J Turnbull DEF141
3
-
E Bristow DEF13
2
-
J Lowe MID13
-
T. Harris FWD131
1
-
S Solomon FWD8
1
-
L O'Connor DEF7
1
-
L McGee GLK5
1
-
J. Barrett GLK3
-