Newport County 2-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 4 February 2025
Result
Newport County 2-1 Morecambe
League Two · Tuesday 4 February 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 2-1 Morecambe: match report
Newport County won against Morecambe 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 4 February 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Joe Thomas opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newport County's goals came from Joe Thomas (8') and David Ajiboye (82'). Morecambe scored through Gwion Edwards (79').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 19th on 30 points from 27 and Morecambe 23rd on 23 points from 28. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Morecambe 24th with 36.
Newport County lined up in a 3-4-3 and Morecambe in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Townsend of Newport County (8.2), ahead of Joe Thomas (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newport County wins, 3 draws and 1 for Morecambe.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Joe Thomas
- 44'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 47'Yellow card · Cameron Antwi
- 79'Goal · Gwion Edwards
- 82'Goal · David Ajiboye
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-4-3)
Nick Townsend, Cameron Evans, James Clarke, Matthew Baker, Joe Thomas, Shane McLoughlin, Cameron Antwi, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, David Ajiboye, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Bobby Kamwa
Morecambe line-up (4-3-2-1)
Harry Burgoyne, Luke Hendrie, Max Taylor, Jamie Stott, David Tutonda, Harvey Macadam, Yann Songo'o, Callum Cooke, Andy Dallas, Hallam Hope, Marcus Dackers