Jardim expects different test against Holloway's Swindon

Nelson Jardim admits Newport County are facing a different Swindon Town side tonight to the one they faced in September following the Robins' change of manager.

Ian Holloway was appointed as boss of the Wiltshire outfit in October after the sacking of Mark Kennedy.

Swindon - who won the reverse fixture 4-0 - have shown significant improvements under Holloway and are eighth in the form table over the past eight matches.

"Ian is someone I respect a lot. I remember the work he did at Blackpool, the way they played, it was a fantastic job," said Jardim.

"He's an experienced manager. They've changed a lot of things there and they are also a different team."

Newport go into Friday night's fixture with Swindon (19:45 GMT) at Rodney Parade having lost four matches in a row.

However, 13 of their final 22 matches this season will be played in Newport, and Jardim hopes home advantage can make a key difference as the Exiles bid to climb back up the League Two table.

"I'm really looking forward to it, especially for the fans, these games are special," added the Newport boss.

"We are a team that will play more games at home in the second part of the season.

"We've got 13 games at home and only nine away, we've been playing on the road for a long period now, so we've got that luxury to have more home games.

"This is obviously a massive game but we take each game as it comes."