Hartlepool United 2-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Hartlepool United 2-2 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Hartlepool United 2-2 Newport County: match report
Hartlepool United drew with Newport County 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 2-2.
Nicky Featherstone opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hartlepool United's goals came from Nicky Featherstone (2') and Padraig Amond (38'). Newport County scored through Sean Rigg (4') and Jon Parkin (27').
Discipline: Hartlepool United received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hartlepool United were 13th on 5 points from 4 and Newport County 17th on 4 points from 4. Hartlepool United went on to finish that season 23rd with 46 points, and Newport County 22nd with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hartlepool United win, 1 draw and 0 for Newport County.
Going into the match Hartlepool United's last five read L-D-W-D and Newport County's D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Nicky Featherstone
- 3'Red card · Toto Nsiala
- 4'Goal · Sean Rigg
- 27'Goal · Jon Parkin
- 38'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 47'Yellow card · M. Randall
- 62'Yellow card · Darren Jones
Head-to-head
Team news
Hartlepool United line-up
Trevor Carson, Jake Carroll, Matthew Bates, Toto Nsiala, Nicky Featherstone, Michael Woods, Jordan Richards, Nathan Thomas, Padraig Amond, B. Paynter, Lewis Alessandra
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, Dan Butler, Darren Jones, Paul Bignot, Joss Labadie, Mark Randall, Scot Bennett, Sean Rigg, Jon Parkin, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Marlon Jackson