Newport County FC

vs

Chesterfield

Preview

Newport County (home)

• Newport County have been difficult to beat at home in their last three games (W1, D2).
• Despite their recent resurgence, Newport County have been very poor at home in League Two this season with just one win, three draws and eight defeats from 12 matches.
• Newport have also scored only 11 goals at Rodney Parade in 2025-26.
• Newport are bottom with 17 points from 25 matches.

Chesterfield (away)

• Chesterfield have drawn their last four consecutive League Two games and have failed to win any of their last five in the division (D4, L1).
• That poor run has left Chesterfield 8th in League Two, with 41 points from 26 games.
• Chesterfield’s away record in League Two is (W4, D6, L3) after 13 games.
• Chesterfield have conceded 22 goals on the road at an average of 1.69 per game.
• Chesterfield play a structured 4-2-3-1 system with a double pivot and exploit wide areas on the counter attack.

Head-to-Head

• Chesterfield have won their last three meetings with Newport County.
• The most recent meeting was a 4-1 Chesterfield home victory three months ago.

Key Players

• Key attacking threats:
  • Lee Bonis leads the line for Paul Cook’s side in League Two with six goals in 26 appearances.
  • Courtney Baker-Richardson offers a similar goal threat for Newport County with four goals in 20.

Betting Insights

• Chesterfield are favourites at 1.87 and Newport County are 3.95 outsiders.
• Odds on Both Teams To Score look generous at 1.7.
• We're going for both teams to register on Saturday.

Prediction

• With the head-to-head, league position and recent form all pointing to a Chesterfield win, we feel the away side are likely to edge a close game.
• Newport are much more difficult to defeat at Rodney Parade of late and that could make this fixture closer than the league table suggests.