Cambridge United 3-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 February 2017
Result
Cambridge United 3-2 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 18 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cambridge United 3-2 Newport County: match report
Cambridge United defeated Newport County 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 18 February 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
R. Bird opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Cambridge United's goals came from Barry Corr (63'), Leon Legge (72') and M. Roberts (90+3'). Newport County scored through R. Bird (43') and R. Bird (57').
Discipline: Cambridge United received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Cambridge United were 14th on 40 points from 30 and Newport County 24th on 25 points from 30. Cambridge United went on to finish that season 11th with 66 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cambridge United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newport County.
Going into the match Cambridge United's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Newport County's D-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 43'Goal · R. Bird
- 57'Goal · R. Bird
- 63'Goal · Barry Corr
- 72'Goal · Leon Legge
- 82'Yellow card · Barry Corr
- 90'Red card · Mitchell Rose
- 90'Yellow card · M. Demetriou
- 90+3'Missed penalty · George Maris
- 90+3'Goal · M. Roberts
- 90+7'Yellow card · R. Bird
Head-to-head
Team news
Cambridge United line-up
Will Norris, Mark Roberts, Leon Legge, Harrison Dunk, Jake Carroll, Piero Mingoia, Luke Berry, Liam O'Neil, Paul Lewis, Leon Davies, Ben Williamson
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Dan Butler, David Pipe, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Josh Sheehan, M. Flynn, Mitchell Rose, Craig Reid, A. Samuel, Ryan Bird