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Saturday 28 March 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Elliot Bell

Newport County v Shrewsbury Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Newport County's last 10 home games and Shrewsbury Town's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 8.3 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.8 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Newport County's 39 League Two games and Shrewsbury Town's 39 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Newport County v Shrewsbury Town, full match

53%

Possession

47%

0.46

Expected goals (xG)

0.13

7

Shots

3

2

Shots on target

1

6

Corners

4

13

Fouls

11

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

29'

Yellow card

Mal Benning SHR

45+4'

Yellow card

Cameron Evans NEW

68'

Goal

Bobby Kamwa NEW

71'

Yellow card

William Boyle SHR

90+1'

Yellow card

Gerard Garner NEW

90+3'

Yellow card

Taylor Perry SHR

At a glance

Newport County

20th in the table

L

W

L

W

Shrewsbury Town

19th in the table

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Newport County's home games and Shrewsbury Town'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 10 home games and Shrewsbury Town's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

45%

9/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

8/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 55%

Newport County clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Shrewsbury Town clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Shrewsbury Town fail to score

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

8.3

League 9.8

Cards

3.8

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Newport County

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

28

Jordan Wright

DEFENDERS

4

17

18

23

MIDFIELDERS

2

Cameron Evans

5

Sven Sprangler

8

Matt Smith

FORWARDS

7

Bobby Kamwa

16

James Crole

20

Ben Lloyd

SUBSTITUTES

13

Shaun MacDonald

3

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

6

Ciaran Brennan

12

Joe Thomas

9

Courtney Baker-Richardson

19

Gerard Garner

24

Nathaniel Opoku

Shrewsbury Town

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matthew Cox

DEFENDERS

3

5

25

26

30

MIDFIELDERS

10

Thomas Sang

11

Anthony Scully

14

Taylor Perry

FORWARDS

9

George Lloyd

19

Iwan Morgan

SUBSTITUTES

12

4

16

7

20

27

48

Referee: Elliot Bell

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

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

20.5

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.25

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

SHR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.7

2.6

2.5

Over 0.5

92%

36/39

90%

35/39

91%

71/78

94%

Over 1.5

77%

30/39

69%

27/39

73%

57/78

72%

Over 2.5

56%

22/39

49%

19/39

53%

41/78

47%

Over 3.5

28%

11/39

33%

13/39

31%

24/78

27%

Over 4.5

15%

6/39

10%

4/39

13%

10/78

11%

Bet

NEW

SHR

Match

League

Yes

54%

21/39

46%

18/39

50%

39/78

52%

Yes and win

13%

5/39

13%

5/39

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

49%

19/39

41%

16/39

45%

35/78

40%

Yes and draw

10%

4/39

10%

4/39

10%

8/78

18%

Yes and loss

31%

12/39

23%

9/39

17%

Yes in both halves

5%

2/39

3%

1/39

4%

3/78

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Bet

NEW

SHR

Match

League

Corners per match

9.2

8.2

8.7

9.8

Over 7.5

72%

28/39

69%

27/39

71%

55/78

75%

Over 8.5

62%

24/39

56%

22/39

59%

46/78

65%

Over 9.5

49%

19/39

31%

12/39

40%

31/78

54%

Over 10.5

28%

11/39

21%

8/39

24%

19/78

38%

Over 11.5

18%

7/39

10%

4/39

14%

11/78

26%

Over 12.5

10%

4/39

3%

1/39

6%

5/78

20%

Referee Elliot Bell: 4.0 cards and 20.5 fouls per game in 8 games this season

Bet

NEW

SHR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.9

4.3

4.1

4.0

Over 2.5

74%

29/39

90%

35/39

82%

64/78

77%

Over 3.5

51%

20/39

62%

24/39

56%

44/78

57%

Over 4.5

38%

15/39

38%

15/39

38%

30/78

39%

Over 5.5

21%

8/39

26%

10/39

23%

18/78

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Iwan Morgan

12 starts · 0.3 per 90

17%

2/12

25%

3/12

0%

0/12

0%

0/12

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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.