Newport County 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 March 2022
Result
Newport County 1-0 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 5 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Newport County won against Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 March 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from J. Waite of Newport County in the 33rd minute.
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 7th on 53 points from 34 and Bristol Rovers 9th on 51 points from 33. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.
Newport County lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Waite of Newport County (8.7), ahead of Nick Townsend (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-W-D-D-L and Bristol Rovers's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Goal · J. Waite
- 56'Yellow card · Ryan Loft
- 80'Yellow card · Sam Nicholson
- 84'Yellow card · J. Connolly
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-1-2-1-2)
Nick Townsend, A. Lewis, Cameron Norman, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Jake Cain, Scot Bennett, James Waite, Finn Azaz, Dom Telford, Rob Street
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, James Connolly, Nick Anderton, Antony Evans, Glenn Whelan, Sam Nicholson, Elliot Anderson, Harry Anderson, Aaron Collins