Plymouth Argyle 6-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Monday 17 April 2017
Result
Plymouth Argyle 6-1 Newport County
League Two · Monday 17 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Plymouth Argyle 6-1 Newport County: match report
Plymouth Argyle beat Newport County 6-1 in the League Two on Monday 17 April 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Matty Kennedy opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Matty Kennedy (39'), Jake Jervis (42'), Graham Carey (52'), Ryan Taylor (58'), Matty Kennedy (65') and Jake Jervis (73'). Newport County scored through A. Williams (90+1').
Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 2nd on 79 points from 42 and Newport County 23rd on 42 points from 42. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newport County in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Plymouth Argyle wins, 3 draws and 1 for Newport County.
Going into the match Plymouth Argyle's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Newport County's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Matty Kennedy
- 42'Goal · Jake Jervis
- 52'Goal · Graham Carey
- 58'Goal · Ryan Taylor
- 61'Yellow card · Gary Sawyer
- 65'Goal · Matty Kennedy
- 66'Yellow card · Darren Jones
- 73'Goal · Jake Jervis
- 90+1'Goal · A. Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McCormick, Gary Sawyer, Yann Songo'o, Oscar Threlkeld, Jakub Sokolik, Antoni Sarcevic, Graham Carey, Jake Jervis, Matty Kennedy, David Fox, Ryan Taylor
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, David Pipe, Mickey Demetriou, Mark Randall, Scot Bennett, Tom Owen-Evans, Sean Rigg, Mitchell Rose, A. Samuel