Bristol Rovers vs Newport County — League Two 2018
Bristol Rovers score first in only 27% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 10+ matches
Bristol Rovers48%
Newport County27%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Bristol Rovers creates 40% more chances
Season form · 12 home / 10 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over54
- Under46
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes56
- No44
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Bristol Rovers ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Bristol Rovers at home — creates 1.16, concedes 1.21 · 12 matches
Newport County away — creates 1.15, concedes 2.14 · 10 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Bristol Rovers attack 1.16 + Newport County defence 2.14 → ÷2 → 1.65
Newport County attack 1.15 + Bristol Rovers defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.18
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 48%?"
Bristol Rovers at 48% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 48% does not mean "Bristol Rovers will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
- Both teams score in 82% of Bristol Rovers’s matches
- Newport County score first in only 30% of matches
- 73% of Bristol Rovers’s matches go over 2.5 goals
- Both sides lean high-scoring (73% and 60% over 2.5)
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Style Matchup
Contrasting stylesHead-to-head
6 previous meetings
Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
Notts County
Bromley
Milton Keynes Dons
Salford City
Cambridge United
Grimsby
Chesterfield
Barnet
Swindon Town
Oldham
Crewe
Colchester
WalsallBristol Rovers
Fleetwood Town
Accrington ST
Gillingham
Cheltenham
ShrewsburyNewport County
Tranmere
Crawley Town
Harrogate Town
BarrowIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Bristol Rovers host Newport County on Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 14:00. The match is part of the League Two 2018/2019 season.
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