Newport County 5-3 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 12 March 2024
Result
Newport County 5-3 Morecambe
League Two · Tuesday 12 March 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Newport County 5-3 Morecambe: match report
Newport County beat Morecambe 5-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 12 March 2024. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Aaron Wildig opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Newport County's goals came from Aaron Wildig (12'), Adam Lewis (18'), Aaron Wildig (54'), Harry Charsley (78') and Seb Palmer-Houlden (90+7'). Morecambe scored through Gwion Edwards (31'), Christopher Stokes (70') and Gwion Edwards (74').
Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Morecambe received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 13th on 49 points from 36 and Morecambe 10th on 54 points from 36. Newport County went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Morecambe 15th with 61.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Morecambe in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Lewis of Newport County (8.5), level with Gwion Edwards (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newport County wins, 4 draws and 2 for Morecambe.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Aaron Wildig
- 18'Goal · Adam Lewis
- 23'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 31'Goal · Gwion Edwards
- 33'Yellow card · Aaron Wildig
- 40'Yellow card · William Albert Evans
- 54'Goal · Aaron Wildig
- 67'Yellow card · Kyle Jameson
- 70'Goal · Christopher Stokes
- 74'Goal · Gwion Edwards
- 78'Goal · Harry Charsley
- 90+7'Goal · Seb Palmer-Houlden
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Matthew Baker, Scot Bennett, Kyle Jameson, Lewis Payne, Harry Charsley, Aaron Wildig, Bryn Morris, Adam Lewis, Luke Jephcott, Will Evans
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Archie Mair, Kayden Harrack, Chris Stokes, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Nelson Khumbeni, Yann Songo'o, Gwion Edwards, Joe Adams, Jordan Slew, Gerard Garner