Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 September 2016
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Newport County: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Newport County 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
James Coppinger opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Coppinger (17') and Andy Williams (59'). Newport County did not score.
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Newport County received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 4th on 13 points from 7 and Newport County 20th on 6 points from 6. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Newport County's D-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · James Coppinger
- 34'Yellow card · Andy Butler
- 45+2'Yellow card · Jon Parkin
- 59'Goal · Andy Williams
- 71'Yellow card · Joe Wright
- 74'Yellow card · Jamie Turley
- 78'Yellow card · John Marquis
- 81'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 83'Yellow card · Dan Butler
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up
Marko Marosi, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Joe Wright, Cedric Evina, Harry Middleton, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, James Coppinger, John Marquis, Andy Williams
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, Jamie Turley, Ben Tozer, Joss Labadie, Mark Randall, Scot Bennett, Sean Rigg, Reece Grego-Cox, Jon Parkin