Newport County vs Eastleigh Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 04/01/2024, 10:00  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 06/01/2024 at 02:00 in FA Cup Prediction

Newport County will for their next FA Cup assignment host National League side Eastleigh. These two teams last played each other in 2010. Newport County advanced to this round at the expense of Barnet whom they thumped 4-1 away from home. They two teams drew the first match 1-1 and were forced into playing a replay. Newport are struggling in League Two and sit 18th in the 24-team league having lost more than they have won. They will be keen therefore to prolong their FA Cup campaign. Graham Coughlan’s men have won only once in their last five games and come into this match having drawn two in a row. Both matches have ended 1-1 with the most recent coming away to Sutton United.

Eastleigh have won all three matches they have played in the FA Cup this season. They defeated League One side Reading 2-1 to book this round. The National League side has been battling with inconsistency this season. In the league, they have won just one more match than the nine they have lost. They battled to share the spoils in an eight goal thriller with Dagenham and Redbridge last time out. The draw extended their current run without a win to two matches. It was also the second successive game in which they had conceded four goals.