Newport County 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 3 October 2023

Result

Newport County 2-1 Colchester United

League Two · Tuesday 3 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newport County 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Newport County beat Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 3 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Samson Tovide opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Newport County's goals came from William Albert Evans (43') and Omar Bogle (63'). Colchester United scored through Samson Tovide (34').

Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newport County were 17th on 11 points from 10 and Colchester United 18th on 10 points from 9. Newport County went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.

Newport County lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 and Colchester United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Evans of Newport County (8.4), ahead of Omar Bogle (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 1 draw and 0 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Jay MingiColchester United
  • 19'Yellow card · Ben GarnerColchester United
  • 34'Goal · Samson TovideColchester United · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Aaron WildigNewport County
  • 41'Yellow card · Shane McLoughlinNewport County
  • 43'Goal · William Albert EvansNewport County · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Omar BogleNewport County · 2-1
  • 89'Red card · Arthur ReadColchester United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Noah ChilversColchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Newport County 1, draws 1, Colchester United 0.

Team news

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Newport County line-up (4-1-2-1-2)

Nick Townsend, Josh Seberry, Declan Drysdale, Ryan Delaney, Matt Bondswell, Bryn Morris, Scot Bennett, James Waite, Aaron Wildig, Will Evans, Omar Bogle

Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Goodman, William Greenidge, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Jayden Fevrier, Arthur Read, Jay Mingi, Al-Amin Kazeem, Noah Chilvers, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide