Barnet vs Newport County Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

It’s hard to look past anything other than a home win when Barnet host the Football League’s bottom placed side Newport County, and with bet365 offering what looks to be an extremely generous 11/10 it could prove to be a perfect pick to increase the return on your weekend accumulators. For our correct score tip we think County will be able to get on the board, but they should be soundly beaten in the end. A 3-1 away win is available at 16/1 with the same site.

Barnet are in pretty decent shape as we enter into the second half of the campaign, they sit just outside the play-off places and with 15 points from their last eight games they are keeping pace with those above them. The Bees also have the better of the head to head against their hosts and although they drew earlier in the season, Newport had previously only managed one goal in four attempts against this weekend’s visitors.

There have been a few small signs of improvements for Newport of late, and their credible 1-1 draw against an in form Colchester last time out will have felt like a moral victory for their long suffering fans. Despite this point, County still have the worst points return over the last eight games and with a gap opening up between them and safety, it seems like an insurmountable task for boss Graham Westley to lead the side to safety. When you also throw in the fact that Newport also have the worst home record in the division and are hosting a Barnet side with one of the better away records, it makes a Barnet win look all the more likely.