Lincoln City 3-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Lincoln City 3-2 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Lincoln City 3-2 Newport County: match report
Lincoln City beat Newport County 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.
John Akinde opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Lincoln City's goals came from John Akinde (3'), Harry Anderson (7') and Tom Pett (67'). Newport County scored through Padraig Amond (45') and Padraig Amond (77').
Discipline: Lincoln City received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lincoln City were 1st on 44 points from 21 and Newport County 6th on 35 points from 21. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Newport County 7th with 73.
Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Newport County's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · John Akinde
- 7'Goal · Harry Anderson
- 45'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 55'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 67'Goal · Tom Pett
- 73'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 77'Yellow card · Harry Toffolo
- 77'Goal · Padraig Amond
Team news
Lincoln City line-up
Grant Smith, Neal Eardley, Harry Toffolo, Lee Frecklington, Michael Bostwick, Jason Shackell, Harry Anderson, Michael O'Connor, Shay McCartan, John Akinde, Tom Pett
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Scot Bennett, Fraser Franks, Mark O'Brien, Matty Dolan, Robbie Willmott, Padraig Amond, Jamille Matt, Antoine Semenyo