Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 August 2023
Result
Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Forest Green Rovers · Newport County · League Two predictions
Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Newport County: match report
Forest Green Rovers lost to Newport County 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 19 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.
William Albert Evans opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Forest Green Rovers did not score. Newport County scored through William Albert Evans (1'), William Albert Evans (25') and Adam Lewis (88', penalty).
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Newport County received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 20th on 3 points from 3 and Newport County 18th on 3 points from 3. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Evans of Newport County (9.1), ahead of Adam Lewis (8.7).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read L-W-L and Newport County's L-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 25'Goal · William Albert Evans
- 67'Yellow card · Matty Taylor
- 74'Yellow card · Sean Robertson
- 88'Penalty goal · Adam Lewis
- 90+1'Red card · Sean Robertson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sean Robertson
Team news
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Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Daniels, Dominic Bernard, Ryan Inniss, Darnell Johnson, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Teddy Jenks, Charlie McCann, Dylan Kadji, Matty Stevens, Tyrese Omotoye
Newport County line-up (3-1-4-2)
Nick Townsend, James Clarke, Ryan Delaney, Adam Lewis, Scot Bennett, Shane McLoughlin, Harry Charsley, Aaron Wildig, Bryn Morris, S. Palmer-Houlden, Will Evans