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Wrexham travel to take on Newport County at Newport Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Dragons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 6 and win only 2 of the 10 games.
The last time the two teams met at Newport Co. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in October 1987, with Newport Co. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1987/1988 | Sat 26 Mar | Wrexham | 4 - 1 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 24 Oct | Newport Co. | 2 - 0 | Wrexham | LGE2 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 30 Apr | Newport Co. | 4 - 0 | Wrexham | LGE1 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 27 Nov | Wrexham | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE1 |
| 1969/1970 | Sat 07 Mar | Newport Co. | 1 - 2 | Wrexham | LGE2 |
| 1969/1970 | Sat 22 Nov | Wrexham | 3 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1968/1969 | Mon 14 Apr | Wrexham | 4 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Newport County are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Exiles, with 4 goals against.
Wrexham have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Newport Co. see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 7 points from their 6 games played so far, Wrexham's 8 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Wrexham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Dragons could well see them head back from Newport Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newport Co. | Unbeaten in the last 28 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Wrexham | 8 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |