Newport County 4-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023
Result
Newport County 4-0 Doncaster Rovers
League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Newport County 4-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Newport County won against Doncaster Rovers 4-0 in the League Two on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Seb Palmer-Houlden opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Newport County's goals came from Seb Palmer-Houlden (6'), William Albert Evans (14'), an own goal by Richard Wood (21') and William Albert Evans (49'). Doncaster Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Newport County received 4 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 6 yellow cards.
Newport County went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Doncaster Rovers 6th with 74.
Newport County lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Evans of Newport County (8.7), ahead of Harry Charsley (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 1 draw and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Seb Palmer-Houlden
- 14'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 21'Own goal · Richard Wood
- 24'Yellow card · Kyle Jameson
- 30'Yellow card · George Broadbent
- 32'Yellow card · Tom Anderson
- 49'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 61'Yellow card · Scot Bennett
- 70'Yellow card · Tyler Roberts
- 72'Yellow card · Tommy Rowe
- 74'Yellow card · Adam Lewis
- 74'Yellow card · Ayodeji Sotona
- 81'Yellow card · Ryan Delaney
- 85'Yellow card · Harrison Biggins
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-1-4-2)
Nick Townsend, Ryan Delaney, Kyle Jameson, Adam Lewis, Scot Bennett, Shane McLoughlin, Harry Charsley, Aaron Wildig, Bryn Morris, S. Palmer-Houlden, Will Evans
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Ian Lawlor, Owen Bailey, Joseph Olowu, Richard Wood, James Maxwell, Ayodeji Sotona, George Broadbent, Harrison Biggins, Tyler Roberts, Luke Molyneux, George Miller