Newport County 1-1 Luton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Newport County 1-1 Luton Town

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newport County 1-1 Luton Town: match report

Newport County drew with Luton Town 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Josh Sheehan opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Josh Sheehan (2'). Luton Town scored through Dan Potts (23').

Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Luton Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 11th on 52 points from 36 and Luton Town 2nd on 70 points from 37. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Luton Town 2nd with 88.

Newport County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Luton Town in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 3 draws and 3 for Luton Town.

Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Luton Town's D-L-D-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Josh SheehanNewport County · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Dan PottsLuton Town · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Matty DolanNewport County
  • 89'Yellow card · Mark O'BrienNewport County

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Newport County 1, draws 3, Luton Town 3.

Team news

Newport County line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Day, Dan Butler, Ben White, Ben Tozer, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Aaron Collins

Luton Town line-up (4-3-3)

Marek Štech, Daniel Potts, Scott Cuthbert, Jack Stacey, Alan Sheehan, Glen Rea, Luke Berry, Luke Gambin, Elliot Lee, D. Hylton, James Collins