Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 15 August 2023
Result
Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Newport County
League Two · Tuesday 15 August 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Newport County: match report
Crewe Alexandra beat Newport County 4-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 15 August 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Mickey Demetriou opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Mickey Demetriou (8'), Mickey Demetriou (57'), Christopher Long (66', penalty) and Elliott Nevitt (71'). Newport County scored through William Albert Evans (21') and Harry Charsley (75').
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 16th on 2 points from 2 and Newport County 9th on 3 points from 2. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Newport County in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mickey Demetriou of Crewe Alexandra (8.8), ahead of Elliott Nevitt (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crewe Alexandra wins, 3 draws and 4 for Newport County.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Mickey Demetriou
- 21'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 57'Goal · Mickey Demetriou
- 66'Penalty goal · Christopher Long
- 71'Goal · Elliott Nevitt
- 75'Goal · Harry Charsley
- 83'Yellow card · Matt Bondswell
- 90+3'Yellow card · James Waite
Head-to-head
Team news
Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-4-1-2)
Harvey Davies, Luke Offord, Mickey Demetriou, Zac Williams, Ryan Cooney, Jack Powell, Joel Tabiner, Rio Adebisi, Christopher Long, Elliott Nevitt, Shilow Tracey
Newport County line-up (3-1-4-2)
Nick Townsend, Ryan Delaney, Kyle Jameson, Adam Lewis, Scot Bennett, Shane McLoughlin, Harry Charsley, Aaron Wildig, Bryn Morris, S. Palmer-Houlden, Will Evans