Morecambe 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 December 2019
Result
Morecambe 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Morecambe 2-1 Newport County: match report
Morecambe defeated Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Joss Labadie opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Cole Stockton (68') and J. O'Sullivan (80'). Newport County scored through Joss Labadie (14').
Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 24th on 15 points from 21 and Newport County 13th on 28 points from 19. Morecambe went on to finish that season 23rd with 32 points, and Newport County 15th with 46.
Morecambe lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joss Labadie of Newport County (8.3), ahead of AJ Leitch-Smith (7.5).
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Newport County's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Joss Labadie
- 41'Yellow card · J. O'Sullivan
- 45+4'Yellow card · Danny McNamara
- 68'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 80'Goal · J. O'Sullivan
Team news
Morecambe line-up (4-3-3)
Mark Halstead, George Tanner, Steven Old, Alex Kenyon, Luke Conlan, Tom Brewitt, John O'Sullivan, Aaron Wildig, Carlos Gomes, AJ Leitch-Smith, Lewis Alessandra
Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Nick Townsend, Danny McNamara, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Taylor Maloney, Josh Sheehan, George Nurse, Joss Labadie, Jamille Matt, Padraig Amond