Newport County 2-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 27 October 2020
Result
Newport County 2-1 Colchester United
League Two · Tuesday 27 October 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 2-1 Colchester United: match report
Newport County beat Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 October 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Scott Twine opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Newport County's goals came from Scott Twine (51') and Padraig Amond (90+1'). Colchester United scored through Jevani Brown (89').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 19 points from 8 and Colchester United 10th on 13 points from 8. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Colchester United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Dolan of Newport County (7.8), level with Scott Twine (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 29'Yellow card · Callum Harriott
- 34'Yellow card · Ben Stevenson
- 51'Goal · Scott Twine
- 89'Goal · Jevani Brown
- 90+1'Goal · Padraig Amond
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Scott Twine, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Tristan Abrahams
Colchester United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Dean Gerken, Miles Welch-Hayes, Tom Eastman, Tommy Smith, Cohen Bramall, H. Pell, Courtney Senior, Ben Stevenson, Noah Chilvers, Callum Harriott, Luke Norris