Bristol Rovers 1-3 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Newport County: match report
Bristol Rovers lost to Newport County 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-2.
Courtney Baker-Richardson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Juan Carlos León (45+2'). Newport County scored through Courtney Baker-Richardson (27'), D. Telford (31') and D. Telford (61').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 15 points from 13 and Newport County 13th on 17 points from 13. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Newport County 11th with 69.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dom Telford of Newport County (8.3), ahead of Finn Azaz (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Newport County.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 31'Goal · D. Telford
- 39'Yellow card · J. Clarke
- 45+2'Goal · Juan Carlos León
- 61'Goal · D. Telford
- 72'Yellow card · Robbie Willmott
- 86'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 86'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 90+2'Yellow card · Timmy Abraham
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
James Belshaw, Harry Anderson, Alfie Kilgour, Connor Taylor, Nick Anderton, Luke Thomas, Glenn Whelan, Antony Evans, Sam Nicholson, Brett Pitman, Aaron Collins
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Day, James Clarke, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Cameron Norman, Robbie Willmott, Jake Cain, Oliver Cooper, A. Lewis, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Dom Telford