Newport County 2-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020
Result
Newport County 2-1 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 2-1 Morecambe: match report
Newport County defeated Morecambe 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Newport County's goals came from Padraig Amond (11') and Matty Dolan (83', penalty). Morecambe scored through Carlos Mendes (32').
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Morecambe received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 30 points from 14 and Morecambe 11th on 22 points from 15. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Morecambe 1st with 83.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Morecambe in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Twine of Newport County (8.4), ahead of Matty Dolan (7.8).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Morecambe's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 30'Yellow card · H. Davis
- 32'Goal · Carlos Mendes
- 34'Yellow card · S. Hendrie
- 68'Yellow card · Adam Phillips
- 82'Second yellow · S. Hendrie
- 83'Penalty goal · Matty Dolan
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Josh Sheehan, Scott Twine, Scot Bennett, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Tristan Abrahams
Morecambe line-up (3-4-1-2)
Mark Halstead, Sam Lavelle, Harry Davis, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Kelvin Mellor, Yann Songo'o, Alex Kenyon, Stephen Hendrie, Adam Phillips, Jordan Slew, Carlos Gomes