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Saturday 6 September 2025 · 12:30 · HT 0-0 · Referee Oliver Mackey

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

In Newport County's last 3 home games and Bristol Rovers's last 3 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 6, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 6, with 9.7 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Newport County v Bristol Rovers, full match

47%

Possession

53%

1.06

Expected goals (xG)

2.85

11

Shots

12

5

Shots on target

4

1

Corners

3

16

Fouls

15

1

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

34'

Yellow card

Macauley Southam-Hales BRI

52'

Goal

Luke Thomas BRI

56'

Yellow card

Matthew Baker NEW

59'

Goal

Luke Thomas BRI

68'

Yellow card

Josh McEachran BRI

72'

Goal

Ellis Harrison BRI

78'

Goal

Kai Whitmore NEW

89'

Goal

Nathaniel Opoku NEW

90+5'

Yellow card

Promise Omochere BRI

At a glance

Newport County

20th in the table

L

W

Bristol Rovers

14th in the table

W

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Newport County's home games and Bristol Rovers'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 Newport County's last 3 home games and Bristol Rovers's last 3 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

67%

4/6 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

67%

4/6 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

3/6 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

17%

1/6 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

33%

2/6 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

67%

4/6 games · League 55%

Newport County clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers clean sheet

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers fail to score

0%

0/3 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.3

League 2.6

Corners

9.7

League 9.8

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Newport County

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Nikola Tzanev

DEFENDERS

3

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

5

James Clarke

15

Lee Jenkins

22

Habeeb Ogunneye

MIDFIELDERS

2

Cameron Evans

6

Ciaran Brennan

44

Sammy Braybrooke

FORWARDS

4

Matthew Baker

7

Bobby Kamwa

23

Michael Reindorf

SUBSTITUTES

28

11

12

14

19

21

24

Bristol Rovers

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Brad Young

DEFENDERS

3

Jack Sparkes

5

Alfie Kilgour

23

Macauley Southam-Hales

35

Kacper Łopata

MIDFIELDERS

20

Josh McEachran

22

Kamil Conteh

24

Alfie Chang

FORWARDS

9

Promise Omochere

11

Luke Thomas

29

Fabrizio Cavegn

SUBSTITUTES

2

4

6

27

10

19

30

Referee: Oliver Mackey

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

Cards per game

4.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.17

Fouls per game

24.6

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.08

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

NEW

BRI

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

1.7

2.0

2.3

Over 0.5

100%

6/6

83%

5/6

92%

11/12

94%

Over 1.5

83%

5/6

33%

2/6

58%

7/12

72%

Over 2.5

50%

3/6

33%

2/6

42%

5/12

41%

Over 3.5

0%

0/6

17%

1/6

8%

1/12

17%

Over 4.5

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/12

8%

Bet

NEW

BRI

Match

League

Yes

67%

4/6

33%

2/6

50%

6/12

51%

Yes and win

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

3/6

33%

2/6

42%

5/12

35%

Yes and draw

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

8%

1/12

21%

Yes and loss

33%

2/6

33%

2/6

15%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/12

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Bet

NEW

BRI

Match

League

Corners per match

10.2

9.5

Over 7.5

100%

6/6

50%

3/6

75%

9/12

62%

Over 8.5

67%

4/6

33%

2/6

50%

6/12

49%

Over 9.5

50%

3/6

33%

2/6

42%

5/12

41%

Over 10.5

33%

2/6

33%

2/6

33%

4/12

31%

Over 11.5

17%

1/6

33%

2/6

25%

3/12

25%

Over 12.5

17%

1/6

33%

2/6

25%

3/12

21%

Referee Oliver Mackey: 4.2 cards and 24.6 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

NEW

BRI

Match

League

Cards per match

2.8

4.8

3.8

4.2

Over 2.5

50%

3/6

100%

6/6

75%

9/12

77%

Over 3.5

33%

2/6

100%

6/6

67%

8/12

65%

Over 4.5

17%

1/6

50%

3/6

33%

4/12

41%

Over 5.5

0%

0/6

17%

1/6

8%

1/12

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Macauley Southam-Hales

3 starts · 0.4 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Habeeb Ogunneye

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Matthew Baker

6 starts · 0.2 per 90

17%

1/6

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

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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.