2026/2027Who will win?
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| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport County | L1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7/15 | 10-11 |
| Tranmere Rovers | D1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6/15 | 6-6 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 17 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | Newport County | 3-1 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 2025-09-13 | Tranmere Rovers | 1-1 | Newport County |
| 2025-05-03 | Newport County | 1-4 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 2024-11-09 | Tranmere Rovers | 2-1 | Newport County |
| 2024-04-13 | Newport County | 1-2 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | WL | 10 | +1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | WD | 3 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-08-29
3 points for Newport County (11th), 4 for Tranmere Rovers (4th): a 1-point gap. A win here leaves Newport County on 6 points and up to 1st, overtaking Tranmere Rovers, other results permitting.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 7 Newport County wins, 6 for Tranmere Rovers, 4 draws, at 2.35 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 41% of meetings won. The last five meetings averaged 3.4 goals, well above the all-time 2.35.
