Cheltenham Town vs Newport County Prediction & Preview
Newport County have not lost a league game in six, and Cheltenham Town have just scored four at home. One of those two facts has to bend on Saturday, and working out which is the whole interest in this League Two meeting at the EV Charger Points Stadium in Cheltenham on Saturday, 24 October 2026, kick-off 12:30 BST. Steve Cotterill's side have been wildly unpredictable; Hayden Mullins' Newport have been the opposite.
What time is kick-off at Cheltenham Town vs Newport County?
Cheltenham Town versus Newport County kicks off at 12:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, at the EV Charger Points Stadium on Whaddon Road in Cheltenham. It is a League Two fixture, and you can make your call on the Cheltenham Town vs Newport County match page.
- Fixture: Cheltenham Town v Newport County
- Competition: League Two
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: EV Charger Points Stadium, Cheltenham
Cheltenham Town form: three defeats, then four goals
Cheltenham have taken 7 points from their last six League Two games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3. The shape of that run is the odd part. A 1-1 draw away at Colchester United and a 2-1 home win over Chesterfield were followed by three straight defeats: 0-2 at Accrington Stanley, 0-2 at home to Salford City, then 1-4 away at Oldham Athletic. Four days before this match they beat Fleetwood Town 4-2 at Whaddon Road.
Nothing about the defence has settled, though. Cheltenham have kept no clean sheets in those six games and conceded two or more in four of them. Home is where they function: 2 wins from 3 there, and none from 3 on the road.
Newport County form: unbeaten in six, and four of those drawn
Newport have 10 points from their last six, won 2, drawn 4, lost 0. They have conceded four goals in total across the six and kept 3 clean sheets, including 0-0 draws away at Gillingham and Accrington Stanley. They have also failed to score in two of the six, which is the trade-off.
Their own travelling record undercuts the run slightly - 0 wins from 3 away, all draws, the latest a 2-2 at Rotherham United four days before this game. Newport are hard to beat anywhere. Beating people away from Rodney Parade is a different job.
The last meeting at Cheltenham: 1-0 in April 2026
Cheltenham Town beat Newport County 1-0 at Whaddon Road on 18 April 2026 in League Two, 189 days before this fixture. One goal settled it, which fits what Newport games tend to look like now.
Team news for Cheltenham Town and Newport County
Cheltenham are without full-back Joe Tomlinson, who had surgery on a torn hamstring tendon and faces roughly 12 weeks out, with Steve Cotterill saying he expects the 26-year-old back no earlier than January, per Yahoo Sport. Newport striker Christian Doidge was taken off after nine minutes of the 1-0 win over Colchester United with a groin problem, and Mullins said the 34-year-old was awaiting a scan and looking at a couple of weeks out, with forward James Crole still sidelined and Joe Thomas available again after a dead leg (Yahoo Sport). After the Rotherham draw Mullins said: "I am very happy with a point and it keeps our belief and the run going" (Nation.Cymru).
Cheltenham Town vs Newport County prediction
Our Cheltenham Town vs Newport County prediction is a 1-1 draw in League Two at the EV Charger Points Stadium on Saturday, 24 October 2026. Newport have drawn four of their last six and conceded only four goals across them, which is not a team that gets beaten by a side yet to keep a clean sheet in six games. But Cheltenham have won 2 of 3 at home and took the last meeting here 1-0, and Newport have won none of their 3 away.
Our prediction: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Newport County
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