3rd October GILLINGHAM - NEWPORT

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• This is priced as a comfortable favourite. Gillingham is the shortest price on a book of 1.96 / 3.50 / 3.50 (1 / X / 2), an implied 47.2%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 47.2% / 26.4% / 26.4% on an overround of 8.2%.

• In the league table Gillingham sit 8th on 12 points (3W 3D 2L) with Newport 17th on 9 points (2W 3D 3L).

• Gillingham read L-L-W-W-W-D across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (3W 1D 2L) — patchy.

• Newport read W-W-D-D-L-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (2W 2D 2L) — patchy.

• Head to head the record reads 2-0-2 — Gillingham wins, draws, then Newport wins. Their last meeting finished Gillingham - Newport: 3-2.

• Our last-six model flags 1 qualifying strike here. Reading Gillingham first, then Newport, out of their last six: HT U 1.50 5 and 6.

• Gillingham lean hardest on James Brophy (9.5), Nick Freeman (9.5), Andy Smith (9.5) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• The read: Gillingham at 1.96 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.

• This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 2nd October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.