Newport County 2-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 24 April 2018

Result

Newport County 2-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Tuesday 24 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newport County 2-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Newport County won against Accrington Stanley 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 24 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newport County's goals came from Padraig Amond (30') and Frank Nouble (85'). Accrington Stanley scored through B. Kee (90').

Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newport County were 14th on 57 points from 42 and Accrington Stanley 1st on 90 points from 43. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Accrington Stanley 1st with 93.

Newport County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newport County wins, 4 draws and 1 for Accrington Stanley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Padraig AmondNewport County · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Scott BrownAccrington Stanley
  • 66'Yellow card · Ben WhiteNewport County
  • 85'Goal · Frank NoubleNewport County · 2-0
  • 88'Yellow card · M. DemetriouNewport County
  • 90'Goal · B. KeeAccrington Stanley · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Newport County 4, draws 4, Accrington Stanley 1.

Team news

Newport County line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Day, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-4-2)

Aaron Chapman, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Hughes, Janoi Donacien, Callum Johnson, Jordan Clark, Scott Brown, Sean McConville, Seamus Conneely, Kayden Jackson, Billy Kee