FM Preview: Tamworth v Newport County 21 Feb 2012

Last updated : 20 February 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Tamworth v Newport County fixture

Newport County face a trip to Tamworth at The Lamb Ground on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. 60.00% of the past meetings have resulted in a defeat for Exiles.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2011, as the Lambs edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3-2 in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 15 Oct Newport Co. 1 - 2 Tamworth (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 11 Jan Tamworth 3-2 Newport Co. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 17 Aug Newport Co. 1 - 1 Tamworth (Conference) Premier
2002/2003 Sat 26 Apr Tamworth 0 - 0 Newport Co. (Southern) Premier
2002/2003 Sat 15 Feb Newport Co. 0 - 1 Tamworth (Southern) Premier
2001/2002 Sat 29 Dec Newport Co. 2 - 1 Tamworth (Southern) Premier
2001/2002 Sat 06 Oct Tamworth 2 - 0 Newport Co. (Southern) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Tamworth have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Lambs's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

The Exiles have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Exiles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.

Tamworth see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 38 points from their 31 games played so far,

Newport County find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 33 points from their 32 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Tamworth 6 1 1 4 6 13 4
Newport County 6 5 1 0 14 5 16

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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
Tamworth Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Newport County Undefeated in last 3 away games.
8 games since last defeat.

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