Newport County 1-4 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 December 2016

Result

Newport County 1-4 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newport County 1-4 Exeter City: match report

Newport County were beaten by Exeter City 1-4 in the League Two on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

O. Watkins opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Newport County's goal came from Sean Rigg (81'). Exeter City scored through O. Watkins (45+1'), O. Watkins (47'), David Wheeler (53') and O. Watkins (90+5').

Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newport County were 24th on 17 points from 21 and Exeter City 15th on 27 points from 22. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Exeter City 5th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 4 draws and 1 for Exeter City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Sean RiggNewport County
  • 44'Yellow card · L. JamesExeter City
  • 45+1'Goal · O. WatkinsExeter City · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · O. WatkinsExeter City · 0-2
  • 53'Goal · David WheelerExeter City · 0-3
  • 81'Goal · Sean RiggNewport County · 1-3
  • 90+5'Goal · O. WatkinsExeter City · 1-4

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Newport County 1, draws 4, Exeter City 1.

Team news

Newport County line-up

Joe Day, Jazzi Barnum-Bobb, Ben Tozer, Abdoulaye Meite, Mark Randall, Josh Sheehan, Scot Bennett, Sean Rigg, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Marlon Jackson, Rhys Healey

Exeter City line-up

Christy Pym, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Connor Riley-Lowe, Jack Stacey, Troy Brown, Lloyd James, D. Wheeler, Joel Grant, Jake Taylor, Ollie Watkins, Liam McAlinden