Newport County 2-1 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 9 March 2021
Result
Newport County 2-1 Bradford City
League Two · Tuesday 9 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 2-1 Bradford City: match report
Newport County beat Bradford City 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 9 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Andy Cook opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Newport County's goals came from Matty Dolan (77') and Matty Dolan (90+6', penalty). Bradford City scored through Andy Cook (46').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 6th on 51 points from 32 and Bradford City 10th on 47 points from 31. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Bradford City 15th with 59.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bradford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Dolan of Newport County (8.8), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 0 draws and 1 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Rowe
- 46'Goal · Andy Cook
- 76'Yellow card · Andy Cook
- 77'Goal · Matty Dolan
- 85'Yellow card · Kevin Ellison
- 85'Yellow card · Kevin Ellison
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Matty Dolan
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Priestley Farquharson, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, A. Lewis, Nicky Maynard, Padraig Amond
Bradford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Hornby, Anthony O'Connor, Paudie O'Connor, Niall Canavan, Connor Wood, Levi Sutton, Elliot Watt, Billy Clarke, Danny Rowe, Ollie Crankshaw, Andy Cook