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Newport County v Milton Keynes Dons, EFL League Two, Sat, 23 Aug 2025: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sat, 23 Aug 2025

Newport CountyHome
12Full time, half-time 1–1
Milton Keynes DonsAway

Milton Keynes Dons won by 1 goal.

LWLWWLeague form, oldest to newestDWWWD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Rodney Parade. Photo: COYB01, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Newport County have 2 scored home results and Milton Keynes Dons 2 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Newport County at home: 0.50 points per match (2 measured matches); Milton Keynes Dons away: 2.00 points per match (2 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Newport County scored 0.50 per home match (2 measured matches); Milton Keynes Dons scored 1.50 away (2). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.27 per club appearance across 94 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 2 of 4 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Newport County: 1 wins; Milton Keynes Dons: 3 wins; draws: 2.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half11
Second half01

The match in numbers

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 10Shots17
  • 3Shots on target4
  • 3Corners7
  • 12Fouls13
  • 1Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Newport County

  • Shots10
  • On target3
  • Goals1

30% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Milton Keynes Dons

  • Shots17
  • On target4
  • Goals2

24% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

6 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

1
Newport County wins
2
Draws
3
Milton Keynes Dons wins
Goals / meeting
2.50
15 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Newport County clean sheets
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Milton Keynes Dons clean sheets
83%
5 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.17
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.33
6 with card data
  1. Milton Keynes Dons v Newport CountyFri, 18 Apr 2025 · EFL League Two 2024-250–0HT 0–0
  2. Newport County v Milton Keynes DonsSat, 21 Dec 2024 · EFL League Two 2024-256–3HT 4–1
  3. Milton Keynes Dons v Newport CountySat, 24 Feb 2024 · EFL League Two 2023-243–0HT 3–0
  4. Newport County v Milton Keynes DonsSat, 11 Nov 2023 · EFL League Two 2023-240–0HT 0–0
  5. Milton Keynes Dons v Newport CountySat, 23 Feb 2019 · EFL League Two 2018-192–0HT 0–0
  6. Newport County v Milton Keynes DonsTue, 12 Feb 2019 · EFL League Two 2018-190–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Newport County at homeWDDWDW
Milton Keynes Dons awayDLDLDD

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Newport County at home, Milton Keynes Dons away
  • 61%
    Both teams scored
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 96%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 83%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 35%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.58
    23 + 23 matches
  • 67%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.4
    Corners per match
    League 9.85
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.8
    Cards per match
    League 3.84
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Home and awayOverall
Newport County at home, Milton Keynes Dons away
Newport County (home)Milton Keynes Dons (away)
20Position2
LWLWWLast 5, oldest to newestWLDWD
23Played23
0.96Points per match1.78
26%Win %48%
1.04Scored / match1.96
1.61Conceded / match1.09
2.65Avg total goals3.04
52%Both scored70%
17%Clean sheets22%
39%Failed to score9%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 0.431st half scored / match1.17
  • 0.741st half conceded / match0.43
  • 0.612nd half scored / match0.78
  • 0.872nd half conceded / match0.65
  • 4%Leading at half-time57%
  • 52%1st half over 0.583%
  • 39%1st half over 1.552%
  • 78%2nd half over 0.591%
  • 44%2nd half over 1.544%
  • 22%Scored in both halves39%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Newport County at home, Milton Keynes Dons away, this season.

Goals

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 1.04Scored / match1.96
  • 1.61Conceded / match1.09
  • 2.65Match total / match3.04
  • 61%Scored 1+91%
  • 35%Scored 2+65%
  • 83%Conceded 1+78%
  • 52%Conceded 2+26%
  • 74%Match over 1.591%
  • 48%Match over 2.557%
  • 30%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 11.70Shots for11.87
  • 12.00Shots against10.26
  • 4.04On target for4.39
  • 4.17On target against3.61
  • 9%Shot conversion17%

Corners

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 4.61Corners for4.39
  • 4.96Corners against4.74
  • 9.57Match total9.13
  • 78%Over 7.578%
  • 65%Over 8.557%
  • 57%Over 9.535%
  • 26%Over 10.522%
  • 17%Over 11.513%

Cards

Newport CountyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 1.91Cards for1.91
  • 2.26Cards against1.57
  • 4.17Match total3.48
  • 83%Over 2.574%
  • 65%Over 3.557%
  • 44%Over 4.530%
  • 22%Over 5.50%
  • 10.83Fouls committed12.78

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
1Bromley462587
2Milton Keynes Dons464186
3Cambridge463382
4Salford461081
18Cheltenham46-2652
19Shrewsbury46-2749
20Newport County46-2943
21Tranmere46-2541
22Crawley Town46-2440
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