Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020
Result
Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic
League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic: match report
Newport County lost to Oldham Athletic 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.
Scott Twine opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newport County's goals came from Scott Twine (8') and S. Bennett (41'). Oldham Athletic scored through Davis Keillor-Dunn (14'), Conor McAleny (57'), A. McCalmont (85') and Zachary Dearnley (90+3').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 37 points from 18 and Oldham Athletic 16th on 23 points from 18. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Oldham Athletic 18th with 54.
Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Twine of Newport County (8.3), ahead of A. McCalmont (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 2 for Oldham Athletic.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Scott Twine
- 14'Goal · Davis Keillor-Dunn
- 41'Goal · S. Bennett
- 48'Yellow card · Harry Clarke
- 57'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 71'Missed penalty · Padraig Amond
- 80'Yellow card · Ryan Haynes
- 81'Yellow card · Brice Ntambwe
- 85'Goal · A. McCalmont
- 90+3'Goal · Zachary Dearnley
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nick Townsend, Liam Shephard, Brandon Cooper, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, Robbie Willmott, Lewis Collins, Scott Twine, Jamie Proctor
Oldham Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ian Lawlor, Sido Jombati, Harry Clarke, Carl Piergianni, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Brice Ntambwe, Dylan Bahamboula, Ben Garrity, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Conor McAleny, Bobby Grant