Newport County vs Blackpool Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

It’s a match that Newport County cannot afford to lose if they are to stay in League Two next season and we are tipping an open and exciting game in which there is over 2.5 goals being scored, which is priced at 11/10 with bet365. For our correct score tip we think that, although County have looked a better side in recent weeks, they will still come up short against an in form Blackpool side. A 2-1 away win is priced at 17/2 with the same site.

Since appointing new boss Michael Flynn, Newport have shown a bit of steel and they have recorded two wins in a row to lift themselves off the bottom of the table. Despite this improvement, County have record just two wins on home soil this season and they have one of the worst defensive records in the league. This poor defence goes someway to explaining why there has been an average of 2.88 goals per game played at Rodney Parade this season and with County averaging a goal per game in their last six matches, it looks like an average which is only getting higher.

Blackpool go into this match as one of the form sides in the division and they have now gone seven games without a defeat, which has helped them to close the gap to the play-off places to just three points. The Tangerines have three clean sheets in a row and one of the best defensive records in the division. Despite this, they will most likely feel that they have to score at least twice against Newport, as their previous five meetings have finished with both teams finding the back of the net.