Morecambe 1-3 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 13 March 2021
Result
Morecambe 1-3 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 13 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Morecambe 1-3 Newport County: match report
Morecambe were beaten by Newport County 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 13 March 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Matty Dolan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Morecambe's goal came from Yann Songo'o (20'). Newport County scored through Matty Dolan (8', penalty), Josh Sheehan (45+1') and Kevin Ellison (79').
Discipline: Morecambe received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Newport County received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 5th on 56 points from 34 and Newport County 6th on 54 points from 33. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.
Morecambe lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Dolan of Newport County (8.0), ahead of Josh Sheehan (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Morecambe wins, 5 draws and 3 for Newport County.
Key events
- 8'Penalty goal · Matty Dolan
- 20'Goal · Yann Songo'o
- 37'Red card · Sam Lavelle
- 45+1'Goal · Josh Sheehan
- 79'Goal · Kevin Ellison
Head-to-head
Team news
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Morecambe line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kyle Letheren, Kelvin Mellor, Sam Lavelle, Harry Davis, Liam Gibson, Yann Songo'o, John O'Sullivan, Aaron Wildig, Toumani Diagouraga, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Priestley Farquharson, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, A. Lewis, Padraig Amond, Ryan Taylor