Newport County 2-1 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 14 April 2018
Result
Newport County 2-1 Swindon Town
League Two · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newport County 2-1 Swindon Town: match report
Newport County beat Swindon Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Newport County's goals came from Padraig Amond (15') and Ben Tozer (35'). Swindon Town scored through Paul Mullin (62').
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 13th on 54 points from 40 and Swindon Town 9th on 64 points from 42. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Swindon Town 9th with 68.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Swindon Town in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 0 draws and 0 for Swindon Town.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Swindon Town's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 35'Goal · Ben Tozer
- 48'Yellow card · Rollin Menayese
- 62'Goal · Paul Mullin
- 66'Second yellow · Rollin Menayese
- 86'Yellow card · J. Dunne
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mickey Demetriou, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Scot Bennett, Padraig Amond, Aaron Collins
Swindon Town line-up (4-4-2)
Stuart Moore, Ben Purkiss, Chris Hussey, Kyle Knoyle, Matthew Taylor, Rollin Menayese, James Dunne, Kaiyne Woolery, Scott Twine, Ollie Banks, Marc Richards