FM Preview: Histon v Newport County 29 Jan 2011

Last updated : 28 January 2011 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Histon v Newport County fixture

Newport Co. travel to take on Histon at Bridge Road on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having managed to conjure up just 1 wins from the previous 3 games.

The last time the two teams met at Histon was just over four years ago, in January 2007, with Histon running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Trophy match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011Sat 21 AugNewport Co.2 - 2HistonCONF
2006/2007Mon 22 JanHiston3 - 1Newport Co.FAT
2006/2007Sat 13 JanNewport Co.0 - 0HistonFAT
2006/2007Sat 06 JanNewport Co.5 - 1HistonCNFS
2006/2007Sat 09 SepHiston1 - 0Newport Co.CNFS
2005/2006Sat 15 AprHiston2 - 3Newport Co.CNFS
2005/2006Sun 04 SepNewport Co.0 - 1HistonCNFS

Recent respective form guides

Histon's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While Stutes have scored 6, a worringly large 15 have been leaked at the other end.

Newport Co.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Exiles's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.

Histon find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 16 points. Newport Co. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 42 from their 28 games so far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Histon60244132
Newport Co.601510171

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been an indifferent run of form for the Exiles of late away from home, but your FootyMad panel sees things improving, starting here at Bridge Road with Newport Co. coasting to victory. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Histon Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Not won in the 12 most recent games.
Newport Co. Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 6 most recent games.