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Newport Co. play host to Cambridge United at Newport Stadium on Tuesday evening,
The last time the two teams met at Newport Co. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in March 1988, when they played out a goalless draw in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 25 Sep | Cambridge U. | 0 - 1 | Newport Co. | CONF |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 12 Mar | Newport Co. | 0-0 | Cambridge U. | LGE2 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 10 Oct | Cambridge U. | 4 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 23 Feb | Cambridge U. | 1 - 2 | Newport Co. | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 03 Nov | Newport Co. | 1 - 2 | Cambridge U. | LGE1 |
| 1976/1977 | Tue 05 Apr | Newport Co. | 4 - 2 | Cambridge U. | LGE2 |
| 1976/1977 | Mon 27 Dec | Cambridge U. | 3 - 1 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Newport County 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, 9 to 8.
The away form of Cambridge U. however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the U's, and 10 goals against.
Newport Co.'s total of 42 points from their 27 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier. Cambridge U.'s 33 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| Cambridge U. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Newport Co.'s indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Cambridge U.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newport Co. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Cambridge U. | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |