Newport County 1-0 Port Vale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 September 2019
Result
Newport County 1-0 Port Vale
League Two · Saturday 7 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newport County 1-0 Port Vale: match report
Newport County defeated Port Vale 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 7 September 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Jamille Matt of Newport County in the 77th minute.
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 2nd on 12 points from 6 and Port Vale 10th on 9 points from 6. Newport County went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Port Vale 8th with 57.
Newport County lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Port Vale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamille Matt of Newport County (7.8), level with Robbie Willmott (7.8).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Port Vale's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · James Gibbons
- 48'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 77'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 81'Yellow card · Leon Legge
- 82'Missed penalty · Padraig Amond
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-2-2-2)
Tom King, Daniel Leadbitter, R. Haynes, Mark O'Brien, Ryan Inniss, Joss Labadie, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Josh Sheehan, Padraig Amond, Tristan Abrahams
Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Brown, James Gibbons, Adam Crookes, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, Luke Joyce, David Worrall, Tom Conlon, Cristian Montano, David Amoo, Richie Bennett