Newport County vs Morecambe

Newport County

5 - 3

Morecambe

🕒 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Rodney Parade 🧑‍⚖️ S. Simpson 🔁 Regular Season - 38 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 38

Regular Season Table

Newport County 18 · Morecambe 15

Referee Stats

S. Simpson

14 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	50%
Draws	21%
Away wins	29%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (19-23).
Possession was balanced (54%-46%).
Newport County had the sharper finishing (9-7 shots on target).

Team Overview

Newport County (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-6-8

Goals For / Against

37 / 37

Avg: 1.61 / 1.61

Points

Avg: 1.43

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Morecambe (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-3-11

Goals For / Against

38 / 52

Avg: 1.65 / 2.26

Points

Avg: 1.30

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League Two fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.43

PPG

1.30

1.61

1.65

1.61

2.26

65%

O2.5

83%

70%

BTTS

65%

Score 1st

League-position context

Newport County rank18th

Morecambe rank15th

Newport County points55

Morecambe points61

Newport County: #18 · 55 pts · GD -14

33 pts off the top 2. 14 pts off the play-off line. 6 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Morecambe: #15 · 61 pts · GD -14

27 pts off the top 2. 8 pts off the play-off line. 12 pts clear of the relegation zone.

6-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Newport County last 5 home

L L L L W

Points3/15

Weighted index7

Goals7-13

Record1-0-4

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Morecambe last 5 away

D L W L L

Points4/15

Weighted index31

Goals9-14

Record1-1-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Newport County trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS70%

BTTS + O2.557%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 43% · 1H BTTS 30%

Morecambe trend breakdown

Over 2.583%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.561%

1H Over 0.591%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 96% · Over 3.5 52% · 1H BTTS 26%

Scoring reliability

Newport County score at home83%

Newport County clean sheet at home17%

Morecambe score away70%

Morecambe clean sheet away4%

First-goal patterns

Newport County score first0%

Newport County win after scoring first0%

Morecambe score first0%

Morecambe win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Newport County 0% · Morecambe 0%

Vs league average

Newport County score at home1.61 vs 1.63

Newport County concede at home1.61 vs 1.35

Morecambe score away1.65 vs 1.35

Morecambe concede away2.26 vs 1.63

Newport County score 1% below league average, while Morecambe score 23% above league average.

Defensive side: Newport County are 19% above league average at home, and Morecambe are 39% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.00

BTTS60%

Over 2.560%

At this venue setup: 3.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Newport County goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Morecambe goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

378

311

Passes Accurate

257

197

Passes %

68%

63%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	16
Home Wins	9
Draws	5
Away Wins	2
Over 2.5 Goals	8 (50.0%)
BTTS	12 (75.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	8
Home Wins	4
Draws	3
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	4 (50.0%)
BTTS	7 (87.5%)

Newport County vs Morecambe Head-to-Head History by Season

2024-2025 Season

04 Feb 2025 Newport County vs Morecambe 2 - 1 31 Aug 2024 Morecambe vs Newport County 0 - 1

2023-2024 Season

12 Mar 2024 Newport County vs Morecambe 5 - 3 28 Nov 2023 Morecambe vs Newport County 1 - 2

2020-2021 Season

31 May 2021 Morecambe vs Newport County 0 - 0 13 Mar 2021 Morecambe vs Newport County 1 - 3 05 Dec 2020 Newport County vs Morecambe 2 - 1

2019-2020 Season

07 Mar 2020 Newport County vs Morecambe 1 - 0

2018-2019 Season

04 May 2019 Morecambe vs Newport County 1 - 1 27 Oct 2018 Newport County vs Morecambe 1 - 1

2017-2018 Season

23 Jan 2018 Newport County vs Morecambe 1 - 1 16 Sep 2017 Morecambe vs Newport County 2 - 1

2016-2017 Season

14 Mar 2017 Morecambe vs Newport County 0 - 1 21 Feb 2017 Newport County vs Morecambe 1 - 1

2015-2016 Season

30 Jan 2016 Morecambe vs Newport County 1 - 2 12 Sep 2015 Newport County vs Morecambe 1 - 2