Newport County 1-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 23 January 2018
Result
Newport County 1-1 Morecambe
League Two · Tuesday 23 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 1-1 Morecambe: match report
Newport County drew with Morecambe 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 23 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ben Tozer opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Newport County's goal came from Ben Tozer (14'). Morecambe scored through M. Rose (77', penalty).
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Morecambe received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newport County were 9th on 45 points from 28 and Morecambe 19th on 29 points from 28. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Morecambe 22nd with 46.
Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Morecambe in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 3 draws and 1 for Morecambe.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Morecambe's L-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Ben Tozer
- 22'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 31'Yellow card · Adam McGurk
- 77'Penalty goal · M. Rose
- 90+3'Yellow card · Robbie Willmott
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Ben Tozer, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Robbie Willmott, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Frank Nouble
Morecambe line-up (3-5-2)
Barry Roche, Aaron McGowan, Steven Old, Luke Conlan, Sam Lavelle, Max Müller, Alex Kenyon, Adam Campbell, Kevin Ellison, Michael Rose, Adam McGurk