Newport County 0-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Sunday 21 February 2021
Result
Newport County 0-2 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Sunday 21 February 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Newport County 0-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Newport County lost to Forest Green Rovers 0-2 in the League Two on Sunday 21 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Josh Davison opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Newport County did not score. Forest Green Rovers scored through Josh Davison (43') and Jamille Matt (63', penalty).
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 7th on 44 points from 27 and Forest Green Rovers 2nd on 48 points from 27. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 76.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamille Matt of Forest Green Rovers (8.2), ahead of Baily Cargill (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 3 draws and 1 for Forest Green Rovers.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Dominic Bernard
- 34'Yellow card · Anthony Hartigan
- 43'Goal · Josh Davison
- 51'Yellow card · E. Adams
- 62'Yellow card · N. Townsend
- 63'Penalty goal · Jamille Matt
- 67'Yellow card · Udoka Godwin-Malife
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Townsend, Liam Shephard, Priestley Farquharson, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Josh Sheehan, Joss Labadie, Anthony Hartigan, Dom Telford, Nicky Maynard, Jake Scrimshaw
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lewis Thomas, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Chris Stokes, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Dominic Bernard, Elliott Whitehouse, Ebou Adams, Baily Cargill, Josh Davison, Nicky Cadden, Jamille Matt