Morecambe 0-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 14 March 2017
Result
Morecambe 0-1 Newport County
League Two · Tuesday 14 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Morecambe 0-1 Newport County: match report
Morecambe were beaten by Newport County 0-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 14 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from R. Bird of Newport County in the 67th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Morecambe received no yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 15th on 46 points from 35 and Newport County 24th on 29 points from 35. Morecambe went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Morecambe wins, 3 draws and 0 for Newport County.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Newport County's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 67'Penalty goal · R. Bird
- 77'Yellow card · Mark O'Brien
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up
Barry Roche, Liam Wakefield, Ryan Edwards, Dean Winnard, Alex Whitmore, Kevin Ellison, Andrew Fleming, Antony Evans, Michael Rose, Paul Mullin, Rhys Turner
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Dan Butler, David Pipe, Sid Nelson, Mark O'Brien, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Tom Owen-Evans, Sean Rigg, A. Samuel, Ryan Bird