Newport County 2-1 Harrogate Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 October 2020
Result
Newport County 2-1 Harrogate Town
League Two · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 2-1 Harrogate Town: match report
Newport County defeated Harrogate Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newport County's goals came from Padraig Amond (30') and Brandon Cooper (88'). Harrogate Town scored through Will Smith (43').
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Harrogate Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 22 points from 9 and Harrogate Town 8th on 15 points from 9. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Harrogate Town 17th with 57.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Harrogate Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Haynes of Newport County (8.2), ahead of William Smith (7.8).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Harrogate Town's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Lloyd Kerry
- 22'Yellow card · Josh Falkingham
- 30'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 37'Second yellow · Josh Falkingham
- 43'Goal · Will Smith
- 75'Yellow card · Dan Jones
- 88'Goal · Brandon Cooper
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Scot Bennett, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Josh Sheehan, Joss Labadie, Scott Twine, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Tristan Abrahams
Harrogate Town line-up (4-4-2)
James Belshaw, Warren Burrell, William Smith, Connor Hall, Dan Jones, George Thomson, Josh Falkingham, Lloyd Kerry, Brendan Kiernan, Aaron Martin, Jack Muldoon