Newport County 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report
League Two · Saturday 29 March 2014
Result
Newport County 1-0 Portsmouth
League Two · Saturday 29 March 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Newport County 1-0 Portsmouth: match report
Newport County beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 29 March 2014. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ryan Taylor opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Ismail Yakubu (74'). Portsmouth scored through Ryan Taylor (22', penalty) and Jed Wallace (39').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 17th on 47 points from 38 and Portsmouth 21st on 43 points from 39. Newport County went on to finish that season 12th with 59 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-D-L-D-L and Portsmouth's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 22'Penalty goal · Ryan Taylor
- 27'Yellow card · Ryan Taylor
- 27'Red card · Adam Chapman
- 39'Goal · Jed Wallace
- 41'Yellow card · Chris Zebroski
- 45+2'Yellow card · Darcy Blake
- 74'Goal · Ismail Yakubu
- 75'Yellow card · René Higuita
- 83'Second yellow · Darcy Blake
- 90'Yellow card · Wes Fogden
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County expected line-up
Ian McLoughlin, Andrew Hughes, David Pipe, Lee Minshull, Robbie Willmott, Max Porter, Ryan Burge, Tom Naylor, Chris Zebroski, Rene Howe
Portsmouth expected line-up
Trevor Carson, Nicky Shorey, Joe Devera, Bondz N'Gala, Ben Chorley, Toumani Diagouraga, Wes Fogden, Ricky Holmes, Jed Wallace, Patrick Agyemang