Preview: Bromley vs. Newport County - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip successful a competitory fixture, Bromley and Newport County volition quadrate disconnected connected Thursday, with that League Two contention taking spot astatine Hayes Lane.

A 2-0 triumph implicit Morecambe has the Ravens sitting 13th successful the table, 1 constituent up of Newport, who claimed an emphatic 6-3 triumph astatine location to MK Dons.

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It has been a agelong clip since Andy Woodman has seen his broadside spell pointless, with Bromley presently riding a seven-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions.

That streak is astatine 9 games domestically, arsenic this squad person won 3 of their erstwhile 4 matches successful League Two portion posting consecutive cleanable sheets.

They are unbeaten successful their past 4 league matches astatine location but person lone won 1 of their erstwhile 9 home encounters astatine Hayes Lane (2-1 implicit Gillingham).

With 27 points aft 20 league contests, Bromley person accumulated a twelve less than they had astatine this aforesaid signifier of their National League run a play ago.

However, different promotion is not retired of the realm of possibilities for them, arsenic they are conscionable 4 points beneath Notts County and a spot successful the playoffs.

In 2024-25, the Lillywhites person had 5 second-half advantages successful League Two and failed to win, dropping 11 points successful the process.

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Newport are coming into this clash connected a precocious note, scoring six goals connected Saturday, the astir for them successful a azygous EFL contention since their instrumentality to League Two successful 2013-14.

Nelson Jardim's men netted much goals successful those 90 minutes than they had managed successful their erstwhile 8 matches crossed each competitions.

While they are winless successful 5 consecutive competitory distant games, the Port person points successful 3 consecutive League One affairs arsenic the visitors.

If they tin cod astatine slightest a constituent successful their last 2 league contests of 2024, Newport volition lucifer their longest unbeaten tally successful this contention from past play (seven matches).

The South Wales nine person not mislaid immoderate of their erstwhile six EFL encounters distant from location against sides that are based successful London.

The Exiles person won conscionable 2 of their 35 Boxing Day league fixtures arsenic the visiting team, with their past triumph coming successful 2013 against Wycombe Wanderers (1-0).

Bromley League Two form:

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Team News

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Woodman went with the aforesaid starting 11 against Morecambe that helium had successful their erstwhile league game, portion Josh Passley and Levi Amantchi were the lone caller Bromley players that did not diagnostic against Port Vale, who saw the tract past week.

Omar Sowunmi and Michael Cheek netted successful the archetypal and 2nd fractional respectively past clip out, with the second scoring his 11th of the campaign, adjacent to Matty Stevens of Wimbledon for the league lead.

Meanwhile, Jardim made 3 changes from the broadside that began their fixture versus Colchester United (0-0 draw), arsenic Anthony Glennon, Luke Jephcott and Bobby Kamwa replaced Joe Thomas, Geoffroy Bony and Kyle Hudlin.

Bryn Morris and Kamwa each had hat-tricks past weekend, the archetypal 3 for the erstwhile successful League Two this season, with the second present tied with Hudlin and Aaron Wildig for the squad pb astatine four.

Bromley imaginable starting lineup:
Smith; Grant, Sowunmi, Reynolds, Odutayo; Arthurs, Thompson; Dennis, Whitely, Congreve; Cheek

We say: Bromley 2-2 Newport County

Newport should beryllium feeling bully astir themselves aft specified an awesome attacking show past week, but they besides thin to permission gaps successful down their backline, conceding 3 oregon much goals successful six home contests this season.

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