Portsmouth 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 25 March 2017
Result
Portsmouth 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 25 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 2-1 Newport County: match report
Portsmouth defeated Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 25 March 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
K. Bennett opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from K. Bennett (42') and Kal Naismith (59'). Newport County scored through Alex Samuel (77').
Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 3rd on 65 points from 38 and Newport County 23rd on 33 points from 38. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newport County in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 5 for Newport County.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Newport County's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 42'Goal · K. Bennett
- 52'Yellow card · Sean Rigg
- 59'Goal · Kal Naismith
- 69'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 77'Goal · Alex Samuel
- 88'Yellow card · Jennison Myrie-Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Forde, Tom Davies, Matt Clarke, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Eoin Doyle
Newport County line-up (5-3-2)
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, David Pipe, Mickey Demetriou, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Tom Owen-Evans, Sean Rigg, A. Samuel, Ryan Bird