FM Preview: Luton Town v Newport County 16 Apr 2013

Last updated : 15 April 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Luton Town v Newport County fixture

Newport County face a trip to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Exiles have lost on no less than 15 of the 22 visits.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Kenilworth Road was just last season, in January 2012, with Luton Town running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 11 Dec Newport Co. 5 - 2 Luton Town (Conference) Premier
2011/2012 Sat 07 Jan Luton Town 2-0 Newport Co. (Conference) Premier
2011/2012 Sat 26 Nov Newport Co. 0 - 1 Luton Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Fri 18 Feb Newport Co. 1 - 1 Luton Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 24 Aug Luton Town 1 - 1 Newport Co. (Conference) Premier
1967/1968 Sat 20 Jan Luton Town 1 - 1 Newport Co. Fourth Division
1967/1968 Sat 16 Sep Newport Co. 1 - 1 Luton Town Fourth Division

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Luton Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.

Newport County have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Exiles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.

Luton Town's 60 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Newport County are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 84 points from 44 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Luton Town 6 1 3 2 8 10 6
Newport County 6 4 2 0 9 2 14

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Newport County are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Luton Town No sequences of note
Newport County Undefeated in last 4 away games.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.

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