Colchester United 2-0 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 3 February 2018
Result
Colchester United 2-0 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Colchester United 2-0 Newport County: match report
Colchester United beat Newport County 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 3 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ben Stevenson opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Ben Stevenson (59') and Tom Eastman (80'). Newport County did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 43 points from 30 and Newport County 10th on 46 points from 30. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Newport County 11th with 64.
Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Newport County in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 2 draws and 0 for Newport County.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Newport County's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Mark O'Brien
- 59'Goal · Ben Stevenson
- 67'Yellow card · Paul Hayes
- 80'Goal · Tom Eastman
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Luke Prosser, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Brandon Comley, Sean Murray, Courtney Senior, Mikael Mandron, Kurtis Guthrie
Newport County line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Ben Tozer, Tyler Reid, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Joss Labadie, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble