Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 1 December 2020
Result
Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Newport County
League Two · Tuesday 1 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Forest Green Rovers · Newport County · League Two predictions
Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Newport County: match report
Forest Green Rovers drew with Newport County 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
Tristan Abrahams opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Jamille Matt (76'). Newport County scored through Tristan Abrahams (45+2', penalty).
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 4th on 25 points from 14 and Newport County 1st on 29 points from 13. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joss Labadie of Newport County (7.7), ahead of Jamille Matt (7.5).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Newport County's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Tristan Abrahams
- 76'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 86'Yellow card · Jamille Matt
- 90+5'Yellow card · Liam Kitching
- 90+5'Yellow card · Liam Shephard
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-1-3-2)
Luke McGee, Jayden Richardson, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Chris Stokes, Liam Kitching, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Ebou Adams, Carl Winchester, Nicky Cadden, Jamille Matt, Aaron Collins
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Josh Sheehan, Scot Bennett, Joss Labadie, R. Haynes, Jamie Proctor, Tristan Abrahams