EXETERCITYVNEWPORTCOUNTY

Match insight

This one reads as tight on the numbers — Exeter City and Newport County are separated by next to nothing in the current standings. Newport County currently sit 2 places and 1 point above Exeter City in the table — 12th against 14th. Exeter City have taken 7 points from their last 5, against 9 for Newport County over the same stretch. Exeter City's underlying rating suggests a stronger side than the actual table currently shows — about 5 places off where our metrics alone would put them.