Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Forest Green Rovers · Newport County · League Two predictions
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Newport County: match report
Forest Green Rovers were beaten by Newport County 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Forest Green Rovers did not score. Newport County scored through Padraig Amond (4') and Ryan Haynes (90+2').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 3rd on 10 points from 5 and Newport County 5th on 9 points from 5. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Newport County 15th with 46.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Newport County in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Haynes of Newport County (7.8), level with Ryan Inniss (7.8).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Newport County's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 28'Red card · Joe Wollacott
- 31'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 58'Yellow card · Danny McNamara
- 81'Yellow card · Tristan Abrahams
- 82'Yellow card · Matthew Mills
- 90+2'Goal · Ryan Haynes
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-3)
Joseph Wollacott, Matthew Mills, Farrend Rawson, N. McGinley, Dominic Bernard, Carl Winchester, Ebou Adams, Joseph Mills, Dayle Grubb, Taylor Allen, Kyle Taylor
Newport County line-up (4-4-2)
Tom King, R. Haynes, Danny McNamara, Mark O'Brien, Ryan Inniss, Joss Labadie, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Tristan Abrahams