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Newport Co. travel to take on Tamworth at The Lamb Ground on Thursday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Half the previous contests have ended with a drawn game, but unfortunately the other half have ended in a defeat for the Exiles.
The last time the two teams met at Tamworth was back in April 2003, over five years ago, when they played out a goalless draw in a (Southern) Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Tue 17 Aug | Newport Co. | 1 - 1 | Tamworth | CONF |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Tamworth | 0 - 0 | Newport Co. | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Newport Co. | 0 - 1 | Tamworth | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Newport Co. | 2 - 1 | Tamworth | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Oct | Tamworth | 2 - 0 | Newport Co. | SPL |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 07 Apr | Tamworth | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | SPL |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Sep | Newport Co. | 0 - 1 | Tamworth | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Tamworth have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Lambs's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Newport Co.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Tamworth are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 22 points from 20 matches. Newport Co.'s total of 37 points from their 21 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 |
| Tamworth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newport Co. 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: | |
| Tamworth | Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Newport Co. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |