Newport County vs Bradford City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Newport County

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Newport County prepare for this match after a 1-1 League Two drawn game versus Barrow.

The only name on the scoresheet from Newport County was Shane McLoughlin (40'). Dean Campbell (69') scored for Barrow.

Fixtures featuring Newport County have usually been absorbing encounters lately with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of those accredited to Newport County.

Their previous form shows that Newport County:

• have left without a victory over Bradford City in their last 4 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Bradford City

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In their previous fixture, Bradford City drew 1-1 in the League Two match with Harrogate Town.

The only scorer from Bradford City was Jamie Walker (95'). Matty Daly (78') was the scorer for Harrogate Town.

For 5 of the past 6 games featuring Bradford City, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes out as a mere 1.67, with the average goals for The Bantams being 0.67. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bradford City:

• are undefeated by Newport County in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 24/10/2020 tells us that Newport County have won 2 of them and Bradford City 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 10 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 of them for The Exiles and 4 netted by The Bantams. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The previous league clash between the two was League Two match day 36 on 11/03/2023 when it ended Newport County 1-1 Bradford City.

The match was refereed by Sam Allison.

🗞️ Team News: Newport County

The Newport County manager Graham Coughlan does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy group ready to go.

It’s our opinion that The Exiles look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Illan Meslier, Sam Byram, Pascal Struijk, Liam Cooper, Jamie Shackleton, Glen Kamara, Ethan Ampadu, C. Summerville, Joel Piroe, Daniel James and Georginio Rutter.

🗞️ Team News: Bradford City

Due to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Bradford City manager Mark Hughes has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.

There’s a good chance that The Bantams will likely play in a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Imran Louza, Francisco Sierralta, Ismael Kone, Thomas Ince, Mileta Rajovic and Matheus Martins.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Bradford City will likely be able to put a goal past this Newport County lineup, but that might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Newport County at the end of the 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:58 19/09/2023