Newport County 0-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 March 2016
Result
Newport County 0-3 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 19 March 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 0-3 Bristol Rovers: match report
Newport County lost to Bristol Rovers 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 19 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Alex Rodman opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Alex Rodman (2'). Bristol Rovers scored through Ollie Clarke (15'), Cristian Montano (55'), Matty Taylor (61') and Ellis Harrison (85').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 19th on 39 points from 36 and Bristol Rovers 2nd on 65 points from 36. Newport County went on to finish that season 21st with 46 points, and Bristol Rovers 2nd with 86.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Bristol Rovers's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Alex Rodman
- 15'Goal · Ollie Clarke
- 55'Goal · Cristian Montano
- 61'Goal · Matty Taylor
- 73'Yellow card · Mark Byrne
- 85'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 87'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 87'Yellow card · Darren Jones
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Danny Holmes, Darren Jones, Janoi Donacien, Andrew Hughes, Medy Elito, Alex Rodman, Mark Byrne, Conor Wilkinson, John-Christophe Ayina, Scott Boden
Bristol Rovers line-up
Steve Mildenhall, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Mark McChrystal, James Clarke, Cristian Montano, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney