Newport County 1-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020
Result
Newport County 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 1-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Newport County defeated Tranmere Rovers 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Saikou Janneh of Newport County in the 25th minute.
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 3rd on 10 points from 5 and Tranmere Rovers 14th on 6 points from 5. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Dolan of Newport County (7.8), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 3 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Tranmere Rovers's D-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Ollie Banks
- 25'Goal · Saikou Janneh
- 36'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 52'Red card · Paul Lewis
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Scott Twine, R. Haynes, Saikou Janneh, Tristan Abrahams
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-5-1)
Joe Murphy, Lee O'Connor, Peter Clarke, Manny Monthe, Liam Ridehalgh, Kieron Morris, Jay Spearing, Paul Lewis, Ollie Banks, Otis Khan, Kaiyne Woolery