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

Sun 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, Rodney Parade, Newport

the Rodney Parade masses welcome Tranmere Rovers's travelling contingent on Sunday afternoon, as David Robert Hughes's Newport County go head to head with Andy Crosby's troops in the League Two. We've got bespoke statistics for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Newport 26%	-	-
Draw 22%	-	-
Tranmere 52%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Tranmere 2-1 10%	-	-
Tranmere 1-0 8%	-	-
Tranmere 2-0 8%	-	-
Newport 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Tranmere 3-1 6%	-	-
Newport 1-0 5%	-	-
Tranmere 3-0 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Tranmere 3-2 4%	-	-
Newport 2-0 3%	-	-
Tranmere 4-1 3%	-	-
Newport 3-1 3%	-	-
Newport 3-2 3%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 53%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 61%	-	-
BTTS - No 39%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 28%	-	-
Home/draw 48%	-	-
Away/draw 74%	-	-
Home/away 78%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 41%	-	-
Away DNB 68%	-	-
Newport win to nil 11%	-	-
Tranmere win to nil 24%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Newport have played 22 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 5 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Newport have conceded 41 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Newport have played 11 games at home, winning 0, drawing 3 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Tranmere lay in 14th place on 29 points in the League Two league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 21 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Tranmere have conceded 9 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Tranmere have played 11 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Newport Tranmere
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	22	13	4	5	12	43	l 2-4F	Mar 21	Jan 17	l 4-2A
2	Bromley	22	12	6	4	12	42	Mar 17	Jan 1	Jan 10	d 3-3A
3	Swindon	22	12	4	6	9	40	l 0-1A	Feb 11	Mar 21	l 2-1A
4	MK Dons	22	11	6	5	19	39	l 1-2F	Feb 14	d 2-2F	Apr 25
5	Salford	22	12	3	7	3	39	l 0-1A	Feb 17	Jan 31	l 3-1A
6	Notts C	22	11	5	6	11	38	d 1-1F	Apr 6	l 1-2F	Feb 21
7	Chesterfield	22	10	8	4	8	38	Jan 24	l 4-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 11
8	Cambridge	22	9	8	5	6	35	Feb 21	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	Jan 24
9	Fleetwood	22	9	6	7	3	33	l 0-2A	Feb 28	w 1-0F	Mar 14
10	Colchester	22	8	8	6	9	32	Mar 7	l 4-1A	Apr 6	d 1-1F
11	Crewe	22	9	5	8	5	32	Dec 29	d 2-2A	l 1-4A	Feb 28
12	Gillingham	22	7	10	5	5	31	l 1-3F	Jan 17	d 1-1F	Feb 7
13	Barnet	22	7	8	7	3	29	d 0-00-0	Mar 14	l 0-2A	Jan 27
14	Tranmere	22	7	8	7	2	29	Jan 4	d 1-1A	-	-
15	Oldham	22	6	10	6	4	28	Apr 25	l 3-0A	Mar 7	l 3-1A
16	Grimsby	22	7	7	8	3	28	Feb 7	l 2-1A	May 2	w 1-2F
17	Accrington	22	7	6	9	-1	27	Jan 27	w 0-1F	Feb 17	d 1-1A
18	Cheltenham	22	8	3	11	-14	27	l 0-2A	Apr 18	w 3-2F	Mar 28
19	Barrow	22	5	6	11	-10	21	d 2-2F	May 2	Dec 29	w 0-3F
20	Crawley	22	4	7	11	-11	19	Apr 3	w 1-2F	Feb 14	w 0-2F
21	Shrewsbury	22	4	7	11	-16	19	Mar 28	l 1-0A	w 4-0F	Apr 3
22	Bristol R	22	5	3	14	-24	18	l 2-3A	Jan 31	Apr 18	w 1-4F
23	Harrogate	22	4	5	13	-18	17	Apr 11	w 0-3F	Mar 17	Jan 1
24	Newport	22	3	5	14	-20	14	-	-	d 1-1F	Jan 4

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport	0 - 0	Barnet
Newport	0 - 2	Fleetwood
Newport	2 - 2	Barrow
Newport	2 - 4	Walsall
Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 1	Swindon
Newport	1 - 3	Gillingham
Newport	2 - 3	Bristol R
Newport	1 - 2	MK Dons
Newport	0 - 1	Salford
Newport	1 - 1	Notts C
Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere
Newport	0 - 0	Walsall
Newport	0 - 2	Colchester
Newport	1 - 1	Bromley
Newport	0 - 2	Notts C
Newport	3 - 0	Harrogate
Newport	3 - 1	Gillingham
Newport	0 - 3	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 0	Bradford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Newport	0 - 0	Barnet
A	Newport	1 - 4	Colchester
H	Newport	0 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Newport	2 - 2	Crewe
H	Newport	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Newport	0 - 3	Oldham
A	Newport	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Newport	2 - 4	Walsall
A	Newport	3 - 0	Harrogate
H	Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Newport	1 - 0	Accrington
H	Newport	0 - 1	Swindon
A	Newport	1 - 4	Chesterfield
H	Newport	1 - 3	Gillingham
A	Newport	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Newport	2 - 3	Bristol R
A	Newport	0 - 2	Cambridge
H	Newport	1 - 2	MK Dons
H	Newport	0 - 1	Salford
A	Newport	1 - 2	Grimsby

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oldham	3 - 1	Tranmere
Barrow	0 - 3	Tranmere
Grimsby	1 - 2	Tranmere
Swindon	2 - 1	Tranmere
Accrington	1 - 1	Tranmere
Bristol R	1 - 4	Tranmere
Bromley	3 - 3	Tranmere
Walsall	4 - 2	Tranmere
Salford	3 - 1	Tranmere
Crawley	0 - 2	Tranmere
Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
Newport	1 - 4	Tranmere
Barrow	0 - 0	Tranmere
Accrington	3 - 3	Tranmere
Harrogate	3 - 2	Tranmere
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Tranmere
Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
Grimsby	1 - 1	Tranmere
Notts C	2 - 1	Tranmere
Salford	2 - 0	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Tranmere	1 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Oldham
H	Tranmere	1 - 4	Crewe
A	Tranmere	3 - 0	Barrow
A	Tranmere	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Tranmere	2 - 2	MK Dons
H	Tranmere	3 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Tranmere	1 - 2	Swindon
A	Tranmere	1 - 1	Accrington
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Tranmere	4 - 1	Bristol R
H	Tranmere	0 - 2	Barnet
A	Tranmere	3 - 3	Bromley
H	Tranmere	0 - 0	Cambridge
A	Tranmere	2 - 4	Walsall
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Newport
A	Tranmere	1 - 3	Salford
H	Tranmere	1 - 2	Notts C
A	Tranmere	2 - 0	Crawley
H	Tranmere	1 - 1	Gillingham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Tranmere have not lost to Newport in 5 consecutive league meetings

Newport

Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
	1 - 4	Tranmere
	1 - 2	Tranmere
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	4 - 2
Newport	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Tranmere
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Tranmere

Newport

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

3 / 8

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Tranmere	2 - 1
Tranmere	2 - 1
	1 - 3	Newport
	0 - 1	Newport
Tranmere	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Newport
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Tranmere Rovers have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 11 consecutive League Two games. Their PG of 1.9 against Newport County on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Newport 24th	Tranmere 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Newport will score no more than 1 goal	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Tranmere will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-28 Newport have scored 28% fewer goals at home than predicted	+45 Tranmere have scored 45% more goals when away than predicted
	0.9 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	14		20
Failed to score	8		2
Scored first	8		12
Goals scored	21		36
Avg. goals scored	1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	13		20
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+37%

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Games conceded	19		17
Clean sheets	3		5
Conceded first	13		9
Goals conceded	41		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.9		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	17%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.6
KickOff rating		+16%

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

Newport League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	3	4	5
L. Jenkins	C Baker-Richardson	K. Whitmore	M Spellman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L. Jenkins DEF	22		1	4 -
C Antwi MID	21	2		1 -
B Kamwa FWD	21		1	-
C Evans DEF	18			3 -
C Baker-Richardson FWD	18	3	1	2 1
S Braybroke MID	16	1	1	3 -
M Spellman FWD	16	1	1	4 1
M. Reindorf FWD	16		1	2 -
T Davies DEF	15			1 -
H. Ogunneye DEF	15	1		3 -
B Lloyd MID	15		1	2 -
K. Whitmore MID	15	3	4	5 -
M Baker DEF	14	1	1	2 -
G Garner FWD	14	2	1	2 -
N Tzanev GLK	11			-
J Wright GLK	11			1 -
J. Thomas DEF	11			-
J Clarke DEF	10			-
N Opoku FWD	10	2	1	-
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	9	1		3 -
M Smith MID	9		1	3 -
C Brennan DEF	8			1 -
A Odimayo DEF	5			-
L Shephard DEF	3	1		-
J. Warner DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	4	6
C Baker-Richardson	C Antwi	K. Whitmore	B Kamwa

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Baker-Richardson FWD	3	7	1
K. Whitmore MID	3	5	4	1
C Antwi MID	2	7		1
G Garner FWD	2	7	1	2
N Opoku FWD	2	6	1
S Braybroke MID	1	3	1	4
M Spellman FWD	1	6	1
H. Ogunneye DEF	1	2		2
M Baker DEF	1	1	1	1
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	1	2		1
L Shephard DEF	1	1
L. Jenkins DEF		5	1	1
B Kamwa FWD		7	1	6
C Evans DEF		2		1
M. Reindorf FWD		7	1	1
T Davies DEF		2
B Lloyd MID		3	1	1
J. Thomas DEF				1
J Clarke DEF				1
M Smith MID		1	1	1
C Brennan DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
930	49	173
L. Jenkins	S Braybroke	L. Jenkins

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L. Jenkins DEF	930	40	173
S Braybroke MID	768	49	98
M Baker DEF	617	21	81
C Evans DEF	494	33	76
T Davies DEF	434	21	65
J Wright GLK	407		7
N Tzanev GLK	389		5
C Antwi MID	367	25	62
H. Ogunneye DEF	361	25	68
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	343	11	36
B Kamwa FWD	313	8	50
B Lloyd MID	283	22	44
K. Whitmore MID	247	14	58
J Clarke DEF	239	4	44
J. Thomas DEF	237	26	47
C Baker-Richardson FWD	169	1	76
M. Reindorf FWD	167	9	48
A Odimayo DEF	162	2	19
M Smith MID	161	6	12
G Garner FWD	160	6	24
M Spellman FWD	133	11	36
N Opoku FWD	111	5	20
C Brennan DEF	106	5	25
L Shephard DEF	51	5	14
J. Warner DEF	20

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	7	4	4
N Smith	C Whitaker	O Patrick	R Smallwood

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Smith DEF	22	3		3 -
R Smallwood MID	22		1	4 -
C Jennings FWD	22	4	2	2 -
C Norman DEF	21	1	2	4 -
P Brough DEF	21			4 -
J Davison FWD	21	2	2	2 -
C Whitaker MID	20	7	2	2 -
J. Joseph DEF	18	1	1	3 -
O Patrick FWD	18	6	4	1 -
J Murphy GLK	17			2 -
N Kenneh MID	17		1	3 -
B. Blacker MID	15	1	1	2 -
J Ironside FWD	15	3	1	2 -
J Turnbull DEF	12			1 -
T. Harris FWD	12	1		1 -
A McGowan DEF	11		2	1 -
K Dennis FWD	11	4	1	2 -
J Lowe MID	9			-
S Finley MID	9			2 -
S Solomon FWD	8			1 -
L O'Connor DEF	7			1 -
E Bristow DEF	7			2 -
L McGee GLK	5			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	19	4	5
C Whitaker	C Whitaker	O Patrick	O Patrick

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Whitaker MID	7	19	2	2
O Patrick FWD	6	17	4	5
C Jennings FWD	4	12	2	3
K Dennis FWD	4	7	1	1
N Smith DEF	3	3		1
J Ironside FWD	3	4	1
J Davison FWD	2	4	2	2
C Norman DEF	1	2	2	3
J. Joseph DEF	1	3	1	2
B. Blacker MID	1	3	1	1
T. Harris FWD	1	1		1
R Smallwood MID			1	1
P Brough DEF		1
N Kenneh MID		2	1
J Turnbull DEF		1		1
A McGowan DEF		1	2	2
S Finley MID				3
S Solomon FWD		1
E Bristow DEF		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
782	42	173
R Smallwood	R Smallwood	N Smith

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Smallwood MID	782	42	75
J Murphy GLK	655		6
P Brough DEF	645	37	112
C Norman DEF	554	20	117
N Smith DEF	541	19	173
O Patrick FWD	503	20	75
C Jennings FWD	384	19	111
C Whitaker MID	380	19	89
N Kenneh MID	273	26	69
B. Blacker MID	265	18	55
J. Joseph DEF	258	23	52
A McGowan DEF	256	13	45
S Finley MID	256	21	43
L O'Connor DEF	243	12	30
J Turnbull DEF	232	12	51
J Ironside FWD	214	3	101
L McGee GLK	195		7
J Davison FWD	187	10	56
J Lowe MID	161	2	3
E Bristow DEF	142	18	27
K Dennis FWD	126	4	13
T. Harris FWD	81	8	19
S Solomon FWD	74	5	10