Newport County 0-2 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 April 2025
Result
Newport County 0-2 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 12 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 0-2 Colchester United: match report
Newport County lost to Colchester United 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 12 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
Fiacre Kelleher opened the scoring in the 88th minute. Newport County did not score. Colchester United scored through Fiacre Kelleher (88') and Anthony Scully (90+4').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 18th on 47 points from 41 and Colchester United 8th on 64 points from 41. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Colchester United 9th with 69.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arthur Read of Colchester United (8.1), ahead of Fiacre Kelleher (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 1 draw and 1 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Matthew Baker
- 72'Yellow card · Tyreece Simpson
- 87'Yellow card · Ciaran Brennan
- 88'Goal · Fiacre Kelleher
- 90+4'Goal · Anthony Scully
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Townsend, Joe Thomas, James Clarke, Matthew Baker, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Kai Whitmore, Ciaran Brennan, Cameron Antwi, David Ajiboye, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Bobby Kamwa
Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Mandela Egbo, Fiacre Kelleher, Tom Flanagan, Ellis Iandolo, Jamie McDonnell, Arthur Read, Oscar Thorn, Lyle Taylor, Owura Edwards, Samson Tovide