Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newport County 2-4 Oldham Athletic: match report

Newport County lost to Oldham Athletic 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Scott Twine opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newport County's goals came from Scott Twine (8') and S. Bennett (41'). Oldham Athletic scored through Davis Keillor-Dunn (14'), Conor McAleny (57'), A. McCalmont (85') and Zachary Dearnley (90+3').

Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 37 points from 18 and Oldham Athletic 16th on 23 points from 18. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Oldham Athletic 18th with 54.

Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Twine of Newport County (8.3), ahead of A. McCalmont (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Scott TwineNewport County · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnOldham Athletic · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · S. BennettNewport County · 2-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeOldham Athletic
  • 57'Goal · Conor McAlenyOldham Athletic · 2-2
  • 71'Missed penalty · Padraig AmondNewport County
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan HaynesNewport County
  • 81'Yellow card · Brice NtambweOldham Athletic
  • 85'Goal · A. McCalmontOldham Athletic · 2-3
  • 90+3'Goal · Zachary DearnleyOldham Athletic · 2-4

Team news

Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nick Townsend, Liam Shephard, Brandon Cooper, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, Robbie Willmott, Lewis Collins, Scott Twine, Jamie Proctor

Oldham Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ian Lawlor, Sido Jombati, Harry Clarke, Carl Piergianni, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Brice Ntambwe, Dylan Bahamboula, Ben Garrity, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Conor McAleny, Bobby Grant