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Newport Co. play host to Darlington at Newport Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 14 wins out of 20 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Newport Co. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in January 1988, the Exiles carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 14 Aug | Darlington | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | CONF |
| 1987/1988 | Mon 02 May | Darlington | 0 - 2 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1987/1988 | Tue 12 Jan | Newport Co. | 2-1 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 14 Apr | Newport Co. | 3 - 0 | Darlington | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 16 Sep | Darlington | 1 - 3 | Newport Co. | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 26 Apr | Newport Co. | 3 - 0 | Darlington | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 18 Mar | Darlington | 3 - 2 | Newport Co. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Newport County are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Darlington have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Newport Co. find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 43 points they have accumulated from 29 games. Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 36 points from their 27 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Your FootyMad panel thinks that Newport Co.'s indifferent home form is due to continue with a narrow home defeat against Darlington. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newport Co. | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Darlington | Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |