Newport County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 August 2024
Result
Newport County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers
League Two · Saturday 17 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Newport County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Newport County beat Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 August 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.
Owen Bailey opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newport County's goals came from Bobby Kamwa (47'), Kai Whitmore (66') and Matthew Baker (69'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Owen Bailey (30').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Doncaster Rovers 1st with 84.
Newport County lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Courtney Baker-Richardson of Newport County (7.9), level with Owen Bailey (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Owen Bailey
- 17'Yellow card · Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
- 30'Goal · Owen Bailey
- 47'Goal · Bobby Kamwa
- 64'Yellow card · Jack Senior
- 66'Goal · Kai Whitmore
- 69'Goal · Matthew Baker
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-4-1-2)
Nick Townsend, Matthew Baker, James Clarke, Ciaran Brennan, Shane McLoughlin, Cameron Antwi, Aaron Wildig, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Kai Whitmore, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Bobby Kamwa
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Jamie Sterry, Tom Anderson, Richard Wood, Jack Senior, Owen Bailey, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Jordan Gibson, Joe Ironside