Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2023
Result
Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Newport County: match report
Tranmere Rovers won against Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
William Albert Evans opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Kieron Morris (57') and Connor Jennings (88'). Newport County scored through William Albert Evans (22').
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 22nd on 18 points from 20 and Newport County 15th on 25 points from 20. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieron Morris of Tranmere Rovers (8.2), ahead of Brad Walker (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Newport County.
Key events
- 22'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 45'Yellow card · Kieron Morris
- 54'Yellow card · James Clarke
- 57'Goal · Kieron Morris
- 84'Yellow card · Matt Bondswell
- 84'Yellow card · Matt Bondswell
- 88'Goal · Connor Jennings
- 90+2'Yellow card · Kristian Dennis
- 90+4'Yellow card · Bryn Morris
- 90+7'Yellow card · Charlie Jolley
Head-to-head
Team news
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Josef Yarney, Connor Wood, Rob Apter, Brad Walker, Regan Hendry, Kieron Morris, Connor Jennings, Kristian Dennis
Newport County line-up (3-4-3)
Nick Townsend, Matthew Baker, James Clarke, Ryan Delaney, Lewis Payne, Aaron Wildig, Bryn Morris, Shane McLoughlin, S. Palmer-Houlden, Will Evans, Omar Bogle