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Newport Co. travel to take on Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 7 out of 10 times.
The last time the two teams met at Grimsby Town was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1978, the Mighty Mariners carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1978/1979 | Sat 28 Apr | Newport Co. | 1 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 09 Dec | Grimsby Town | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 25 Feb | Grimsby Town | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 01 Oct | Newport Co. | 3 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Mon 13 Mar | Newport Co. | 2 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 15 Jan | Grimsby Town | 4 - 2 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Tue 27 Apr | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The Exiles have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Exiles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Grimsby Town's 18 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Newport Co.'s total of 23 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Exiles have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from Blundell Park with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Grimsby Town | 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Newport Co. | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |