Newport County 1-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2022

Result

Newport County 1-1 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newport County 1-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Newport County drew with Forest Green Rovers 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 March 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

F. Azaz opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Newport County's goal came from F. Azaz (3'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Jack Aitchison (55').

Discipline: Newport County received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newport County were 8th on 52 points from 33 and Forest Green Rovers 1st on 66 points from 32. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Forest Green Rovers 1st with 84.

Newport County lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicky Cadden of Forest Green Rovers (8.4), ahead of Nick Townsend (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 1 draw and 3 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · F. AzazNewport County · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · A. LewisNewport County
  • 38'Yellow card · S. BennettNewport County
  • 38'Yellow card · Jamille MattForest Green Rovers
  • 46'Yellow card · Oliver CooperNewport County
  • 55'Goal · Jack AitchisonForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · J. ClarkeNewport County
  • 84'Yellow card · Robert StreetNewport County
  • 84'Second yellow · J. ClarkeNewport County

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Newport County 2, draws 1, Forest Green Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Nick Townsend, Cameron Norman, James Clarke, Mickey Demetriou, A. Lewis, Oliver Cooper, Scot Bennett, Jake Cain, Finn Azaz, Dom Telford, Rob Street

Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke McGee, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Dominic Bernard, Kane Wilson, Ebou Adams, Dan Sweeney, Nicky Cadden, Jack Aitchison, Jamille Matt, Matty Stevens