Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Fleetwood Town 15th with 61 points, Newport County 20th with 43, 18 apart. Newport County had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Fleetwood Town 1.24 scored and 1.26 conceded per game, Newport County 1.04 and 1.67, with the league averaging 1.29.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Fleetwood Town wins, 0 for Newport County, 2 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Only 20% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, capacity 5,327, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Fleetwood Town 71% · Newport County 29% · Total shots: 25-5 · On target: 7-0 · Corners: 8-2