Newport County 1-4 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Newport County 1-4 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Newport County 1-4 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Newport County lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-4 in the League Two on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.
George Williams opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Newport County's goal came from Padraig Amond (45+2', penalty). Forest Green Rovers scored through George Williams (3'), Tahvon Campbell (43'), George Williams (52') and George Williams (57').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 8th on 35 points from 22 and Forest Green Rovers 7th on 36 points from 22. Newport County went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 2 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Forest Green Rovers's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · George Williams
- 33'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 40'Yellow card · David Pipe
- 43'Goal · Tahvon Campbell
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Padraig Amond
- 51'Red card · Dan Butler
- 52'Goal · George Williams
- 57'Goal · George Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Mickey Demetriou, Scot Bennett, Fraser Franks, Matty Dolan, Joss Labadie, Jamille Matt, Padraig Amond, Tyreeq Bakinson
Forest Green Rovers line-up
James Montgomery, Liam Shephard, Joseph Mills, Gavin Gunning, N. McGinley, Farrend Rawson, Reece Brown, Lloyd James, Tahvon Campbell, George Williams, Carl Winchester