Newport County 1-1 Luton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 21 March 2017
Result
Newport County 1-1 Luton Town
League Two · Tuesday 21 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 1-1 Luton Town: match report
Newport County drew with Luton Town 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Danny Hylton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newport County's goal came from Sean Rigg (28'). Luton Town scored through Danny Hylton (5', penalty).
Discipline: Newport County received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Luton Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 23rd on 32 points from 37 and Luton Town 5th on 59 points from 37. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Luton Town 4th with 78.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 2 draws and 2 for Luton Town.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Luton Town's D-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Danny Hylton
- 28'Goal · Sean Rigg
- 48'Yellow card · Sean Rigg
- 66'Yellow card · Mark O'Brien
- 80'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 81'Second yellow · Mark O'Brien
- 89'Yellow card · Sid Nelson
- 89'Yellow card · David Pipe
- 90+4'Yellow card · T. Owen-Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, Scot Bennett, Sid Nelson, Mark O'Brien, Joss Labadie, David Pipe, Sean Rigg, A. Samuel, Ryan Bird
Luton Town line-up
Matt Macey, Stephen O'Donnell, Johnny Mullins, Scott Cuthbert, Jordan Cook, Glen Rea, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, D. Hylton, Ollie Palmer, Isaac Vassell, Alan Sheehan