Lincoln City 3-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 30 January 2018

Result

Lincoln City 3-1 Newport County

League Two · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Lincoln City 3-1 Newport County: match report

Lincoln City defeated Newport County 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 30 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matthew Rhead opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Matthew Rhead (13'), Matt Green (51') and Ollie Palmer (73'). Newport County scored through Padraig Amond (32').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 10th on 45 points from 28 and Newport County 9th on 46 points from 29. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Newport County 11th with 64.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newport County.

Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Newport County's D-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Ben WhiteNewport County
  • 13'Goal · Matthew RheadLincoln City · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Neal EardleyLincoln City
  • 32'Goal · Padraig AmondNewport County · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · S. BennettNewport County
  • 51'Goal · Matt GreenLincoln City · 2-1
  • 73'Goal · Ollie PalmerLincoln City · 3-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ollie PalmerLincoln City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Lincoln City 0, draws 1, Newport County 0.

Team news

Lincoln City line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Farman, Samuel Habergham, Luke Waterfall, Neal Eardley, Michael Bostwick, Lee Frecklington, Danny Rowe, Harry Anderson, Alex Woodyard, Matthew Rhead, Matt Green

Newport County line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Day, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mickey Demetriou, Joss Labadie, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Scot Bennett, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble