All the stats you need, ahead of Tuesday's visit of Oxford United to Rodney Parade.
Looking at the visitors
The league title is now out of reach for Oxford United after their defeat to Luton Town on Saturday gave Northampton Town the trophy and their attention will now turn to securing automatic promotion to League One. They are currently a point clear of Bristol Rovers and Accrington Stanley with four games to go with Hartlepool, Carlisle and Wycombe to play after County. Kemar Roofe is their top scorer with 17 leagues goal this season, closely followed by Liam Sercombe and Danny Hylton who have 12 each. As a team Oxford score an average of 1.8 goals per game and concede under a goal a game, it will be a tough test for the Exiles, who only need a point to survive in League Two as long as York City lose to Portsmouth.
Form Guide
Newport County – WLWDL L L L L L 7 points
Oxford United – W WDLW WD DWL 18 points
Upcoming Milestones
Medy Elito – 1 goal for 25 professional goals
Andrew Hughes – 2 appearances for 150 professional appearances
Dean Morgan – 3 goals for 75 professional goals
Tom Meechan – 1 goal for 75 professional goals
Oxford United’s record against County
Played 5 Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1 Goals For 5 Goals Against 4
Tuesday 24th November 2015: Oxford United 1 – 1 Newport County (John-Lewis 43’)
Saturday 2nd May 2015: Newport County 0 – 1 Oxford United
Saturday 4th October 2014: Oxford United 1 – 0 Newport County
Tuesday 18th February 2014: Newport County 3 – 2 Oxford United (Howe 45’, Burge 71’, Zebroski 83’)
Tuesday 26th November 2013: Oxford United 0 – 0 Newport County
Last meeting
The points were shared the last time these two sides met in November when Pat Hoban secured a point for the home side after Lenell John-Lewis put Newport ahead just before half time. The draw meant that Oxford missed the chance to go top of the table but crucially it extended Newport’s unbeaten run and gave the Exiles a four point cushion to the bottom two.
Last time out
Newport fell to a sixth defeat in a row as they lost 2-1 to Stevenage on Saturday. The home side had a 2-0 lead before Alex Rodman fired home a shot from inside the penalty area to halve the deficit but County were unable to score again, and Warren Feeney’s side are now 11 points clear of the bottom two with 12 left to play for.
The Man in charge
Gavin Ward from Surrey is the man in charge for Newport’s final midweek fixture of the season. His assistants are Joe Clark and Ronald Ganfield with fourth official Mark Pottage. Ward has been in charge of one County game this season, the 1-0 win over Mansfield Town at Rodney Parade when Scott Boden scored with four minutes of normal time to go. Last season he also took charge of County’s 2-0 defeat away at Exeter where he sent off Ismail Yakubu in stoppage time. So far in this campaign he has handed out 107 yellow cards in 32 games as well as 2 red cards.
Around the league (all times 7:45pm)
Barnet v Notts County
Cambridge United v Morecambe
Carlisle United v Luton Town
Dagenham and Redbridge v A.F.C Wimbledon
Exeter City v Mansfield Town
Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley
Leyton Orient v Plymouth Argyle
Northampton Town v Crawley Town
Stevenage v Bristol Rovers
Wycombe Wanderers v Yeovil Town
York City v Portsmouth