Match Preview: Milton Keynes Dons v Newport County (Saturday, 3pm)

Newport County come to Stadium mk to play Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday in great form, having collected 15 points from their last six games.

The visitors have won five and lost one of their last six fixtures, while the Dons have three wins and a draw.

With 52 goals in 33 games so far this season, Milton Keynes are scoring more than average in the league with 1.6 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 44 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Newport, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game. They have also conceded 1.5 goals per game.

In the last 10 years, Milton Keynes and Newport have played each other on six occasions. Milton Keynes won four of them, Newport one, and they drew once.

On average, the Dons scored 1.5 goals and the Exiles 1.0 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when they played out a 0-0 draw.

In Will Evans, County have one of the league’s sharpest shooters so far this season. He has notched 19 goals in 32 appearances, to sit third in the scoring charts.

His goal rate of one every 140 minutes is quicker than that of Max Dean, Dons’ top scorer with a goal every 170 minutes, and a total of nine goals in 22 games.

The Dons are fifth in the table after 33 games, of which they have won 16 and drawn seven, earning 55 points.

The Exiles are 10 places behind the home side in 15th, with 13 wins and seven draws putting them on 46 points.

Milton Keynes’s last match was on Tuesday, a 1-1 draw against Wrexham, with Daniel Kemp getting the goal for the Dons.

Newport beat Gillingham 1-0 last time out, on February 17, with Will Evans on the scoresheet.

Milton Keynes Dons v Newport County
League Two | Stadium mk
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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