Forest Green Rovers 4-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Sunday 23 May 2021
Result
Forest Green Rovers 4-2 Newport County
League Two · Sunday 23 May 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Forest Green Rovers 4-2 Newport County: match report
Forest Green Rovers defeated Newport County 4-2 in the League Two on Sunday 23 May 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
E. Adams opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from E. Adams (7'), Aaron Collins (8'), Nicky Cadden (53') and Jamille Matt (87'). Newport County scored through Kevin Ellison (70'), Joss Labadie (76') and Nicky Maynard (119').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Newport County received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 7th on 73 points from 47 and Newport County 5th on 76 points from 47. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicky Cadden of Forest Green Rovers (7.8), level with Ebou Adams (7.8).
Key events
- 7'Goal · E. Adams
- 8'Goal · Aaron Collins
- 41'Yellow card · Aaron Collins
- 53'Goal · Nicky Cadden
- 70'Goal · Kevin Ellison
- 76'Goal · Joss Labadie
- 87'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 119'Goal · Nicky Maynard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Luke McGee, Dominic Bernard, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Baily Cargill, Kane Wilson, Dan Sweeney, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Nicky Cadden, Ebou Adams, Aaron Collins, Jamille Matt
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Tom King, Liam Shephard, Scot Bennett, Mickey Demetriou, A. Lewis, Anthony Hartigan, Josh Sheehan, Matty Dolan, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Lewis Collins