Colchester United 3-0 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2019
Result
Colchester United 3-0 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Colchester United 3-0 Newport County: match report
Colchester United beat Newport County 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 March 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Colchester United's goals came from S. Szmodics (20'), Courtney Senior (45+2') and Frank Nouble (63'). Newport County did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 8th on 54 points from 35 and Newport County 12th on 49 points from 34. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Newport County 7th with 73.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newport County.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Newport County's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · S. Szmodics
- 21'Yellow card · Dan Butler
- 39'Yellow card · Mark O'Brien
- 39'Yellow card · Regan Poole
- 45+2'Goal · Courtney Senior
- 45+2'Yellow card · Padraig Amond
- 63'Goal · Frank Nouble
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United line-up
Rene Gilmartin, Ryan Jackson, Kane Vincent-Young, Ben Stevenson, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Courtney Senior, Sammie Szmodics, Luke Norris, Mikael Mandron, Frank Nouble
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Robbie Willmott, Dan Butler, Mickey Demetriou, Regan Poole, Mark O'Brien, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Jamille Matt, Padraig Amond, Adebayo Azeez