FM Preview: Newport County v Woking 27 Oct 2012

Last updated : 26 October 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Newport County v Woking fixture

Newport County are ready to welcome Woking to Newport Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Exiles have drawn both of the previous games against their opponents, however.

The previous match played between the two at Newport Stadium was within the last three years, in March 2010, the Exiles carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a (Conference) South match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2009/2010 Sat 27 Mar Newport Co. 1-0 Woking (Conference) South
2009/2010 Sat 19 Sep Woking 0 - 1 Newport Co. (Conference) South
1928/1929 Sat 24 Nov Newport Co. 7 - 0 Woking F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Newport County have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.

The away form of Woking is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Cardinals have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Newport County are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 15 games giving them a return of 33 points.

Woking see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 19 points from their 15 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Newport County 6 2 3 1 8 8 9
Woking 6 1 1 4 8 11 4

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FootyMad's prediction ...

With the Exiles being in decent shape at home at the moment, we am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Newport County Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Woking Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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