Newport County 1-2 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Friday 22 April 2022
Result
Newport County 1-2 Colchester United
League Two · Friday 22 April 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 1-2 Colchester United: match report
Newport County lost to Colchester United 1-2 in the League Two on Friday 22 April 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
D. Telford opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Newport County's goal came from D. Telford (40'). Colchester United scored through John Akinde (68') and N. Chilvers (77').
Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 10th on 66 points from 43 and Colchester United 19th on 48 points from 43. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Colchester United 15th with 55.
Newport County lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Akinde of Colchester United (8.5), ahead of Alan Judge (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newport County wins, 3 draws and 4 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Matty Dolan
- 40'Goal · D. Telford
- 45+2'Yellow card · A. Lewis
- 45+2'Yellow card · Brendan Wiredu
- 66'Yellow card · Emyr Huws
- 68'Goal · John Akinde
- 72'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 77'Goal · N. Chilvers
- 89'Yellow card · Cole Skuse
- 90'Yellow card · Shamal George
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-1-2-1-2)
Joe Day, Cameron Norman, Josh Pask, Mickey Demetriou, A. Lewis, James Waite, Scot Bennett, Matty Dolan, Finn Azaz, Dom Telford, Rob Street
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shamal George, Junior Tchamadeu, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Myles Kenlock, Cole Skuse, Alan Judge, Brendan Wiredu, Noah Chilvers, Emyr Huws, Freddie Sears