Morecambe 1-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 28 November 2023
Result
Morecambe 1-2 Newport County
League Two · Tuesday 28 November 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Morecambe 1-2 Newport County: match report
Morecambe were beaten by Newport County 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 28 November 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Michael Mellon opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Morecambe's goal came from Michael Mellon (12'). Newport County scored through William Albert Evans (28') and Seb Palmer-Houlden (57').
Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 12th on 27 points from 17 and Newport County 16th on 22 points from 19. Morecambe went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newport County in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Mellon of Morecambe (7.8), ahead of Eli King (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Morecambe wins, 4 draws and 4 for Newport County.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Michael Mellon
- 28'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 57'Goal · Seb Palmer-Houlden
- 85'Yellow card · Scot Bennett
- 90+6'Yellow card · Adam Mayor
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Adam Smith, Joel Senior, Farrend Rawson, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Yann Songo'o, Eli King, Tom Bloxham, JJ McKiernan, Adam Mayor, Michael Mellon
Newport County line-up (3-4-1-2)
Nick Townsend, Matthew Baker, James Clarke, Ryan Delaney, Lewis Payne, Scot Bennett, Bryn Morris, Shane McLoughlin, Omar Bogle, Will Evans, S. Palmer-Houlden