Newport County 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 February 2022
Result
Newport County 4-2 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 26 February 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Newport County beat Tranmere Rovers 4-2 in the League Two on Saturday 26 February 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
A. Lewis opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Newport County's goals came from A. Lewis (49'), D. Telford (57', penalty), F. Azaz (88') and D. Telford (90+2'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Josh Dacres-Cogley (65') and an own goal by M. Demetriou (84').
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 8th on 49 points from 32 and Tranmere Rovers 3rd on 56 points from 33. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Tranmere Rovers 9th with 75.
Newport County lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dom Telford of Newport County (9.2), ahead of Finn Azaz (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newport County wins, 3 draws and 2 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 48'Yellow card · Lewis Warrington
- 49'Goal · A. Lewis
- 53'Yellow card · Calum MacDonald
- 57'Penalty goal · D. Telford
- 65'Goal · Josh Dacres-Cogley
- 84'Own goal · M. Demetriou
- 88'Goal · F. Azaz
- 90+2'Goal · D. Telford
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-1-3-2)
Nick Townsend, Cameron Norman, James Clarke, Mickey Demetriou, A. Lewis, Scot Bennett, Robbie Willmott, Finn Azaz, Oliver Cooper, Rob Street, Dom Telford
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Peter Clarke, C. MacDonald, Kieron Morris, Lewis Warrington, Lee O'Connor, Josh Hawkes, Elliott Nevitt, Kane Hemmings