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Saturday 31 January 2026 · 12:30 · HT 2-0 · Referee Will Finnie

Bristol Rovers v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Bristol Rovers's last 10 home games and Newport County's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 13 of 20, with 8.9 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Bristol Rovers v Newport County, full match

41%

Possession

59%

1.00

Expected goals (xG)

0.46

18

Shots

5

7

Shots on target

0

7

Corners

3

15

Fouls

9

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

11'

Goal

Yusuf Akhamrich BRI

29'

Goal

Yusuf Akhamrich BRI

33'

Yellow card

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon NEW

57'

Yellow card

Harrison Biggins NEW

61'

Yellow card

Jack Sparkes BRI

88'

Goal

Fabrizio Cavegn BRI

At a glance

Bristol Rovers

14th in the table

L

W

L

Newport County

20th in the table

L

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Bristol Rovers's home games and Newport County's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Bristol Rovers's last 10 home games and Newport County's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

65%

13/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

75%

15/20 games · League 55%

Bristol Rovers clean sheet

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Newport County clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers fail to score

60%

6/10 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.6

Corners

8.9

League 9.8

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Bristol Rovers

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Brad Young

DEFENDERS

3

5

17

26

MIDFIELDERS

6

Clinton Mola

7

Shaqai Forde

15

Ryan De Havilland

FORWARDS

10

Yusuf Akhamrich

19

Ellis Harrison

29

Fabrizio Cavegn

SUBSTITUTES

1

Luke Southwood

2

Joel Senior

11

Luke Thomas

14

Kane Thompson-Sommers

20

Josh McEachran

22

Kamil Conteh

35

Mees Rijks

Newport County

5-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

28

Jordan Wright

DEFENDERS

3

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

4

15

18

23

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ciaran Brennan

10

Harrison Biggins

FORWARDS

7

Bobby Kamwa

16

James Crole

21

Michael Spellman

SUBSTITUTES

13

2

12

17

20

19

22

Referee: Will Finnie

5 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.6

Red cards per game

0.20

Fouls per game

23.6

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BRI

NEW

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

3.0

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

96%

26/27

96%

26/27

96%

52/54

94%

Over 1.5

63%

17/27

81%

22/27

72%

39/54

74%

Over 2.5

52%

14/27

59%

16/27

56%

30/54

48%

Over 3.5

30%

8/27

33%

9/27

31%

17/54

28%

Over 4.5

11%

3/27

22%

6/27

17%

9/54

11%

Bet

BRI

NEW

Match

League

Yes

41%

11/27

59%

16/27

50%

27/54

54%

Yes and win

11%

3/27

7%

2/27

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

9/27

52%

14/27

43%

23/54

42%

Yes and draw

7%

2/27

15%

4/27

11%

6/54

20%

Yes and loss

22%

6/27

37%

10/27

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/27

7%

2/27

4%

2/54

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Bet

BRI

NEW

Match

League

Corners per match

9.4

8.3

8.9

9.7

Over 7.5

59%

16/27

59%

16/27

59%

32/54

72%

Over 8.5

48%

13/27

48%

13/27

48%

26/54

63%

Over 9.5

41%

11/27

33%

9/27

37%

20/54

52%

Over 10.5

37%

10/27

19%

5/27

28%

15/54

38%

Over 11.5

26%

7/27

11%

3/27

19%

10/54

26%

Over 12.5

26%

7/27

7%

2/27

17%

9/54

19%

Referee Will Finnie: 3.6 cards and 23.6 fouls per game in 5 games this season

Bet

BRI

NEW

Match

League

Cards per match

5.0

4.1

4.5

4.1

Over 2.5

96%

26/27

74%

20/27

85%

46/54

79%

Over 3.5

89%

24/27

56%

15/27

72%

39/54

60%

Over 4.5

63%

17/27

44%

12/27

54%

29/54

42%

Over 5.5

37%

10/27

22%

6/27

30%

16/54

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Fabrizio Cavegn

22 starts · 0.5 per 90

14%

3/22

32%

7/22

5%

1/22

5%

1/22

Harrison Biggins

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Liam Shephard

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.