Newport County 0-1 Cambridge United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021
Result
Newport County 0-1 Cambridge United
League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 0-1 Cambridge United: match report
Newport County were beaten by Cambridge United 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 April 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from D. Drysdale of Cambridge United in the 79th minute.
Discipline: Newport County received 4 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 6th on 62 points from 40 and Cambridge United 2nd on 71 points from 41. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Cambridge United 3rd with 80.
Newport County lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cambridge United in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Drysdale of Cambridge United (8.6), ahead of Josh Sheehan (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newport County wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cambridge United.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Cambridge United's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 21'Yellow card · Michael Flynn
- 56'Yellow card · A. Lewis
- 79'Goal · D. Drysdale
- 83'Yellow card · Wesley Hoolahan
- 84'Yellow card · L. Collins
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Townsend, Liam Shephard, Scot Bennett, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, A. Lewis, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Kevin Ellison, Padraig Amond, Ryan Taylor
Cambridge United line-up (4-3-1-2)
Callum Burton, Kyle Knoyle, Declan Drysdale, Greg Taylor, Jack Iredale, Luke Hannant, Paul Digby, Hiram Boateng, Wesley Hoolahan, Paul Mullin, Joe Ironside