Newport County 2-3 Portsmouth: result and report

Newport County 2-3 Portsmouth

League Two · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Newport County · Portsmouth · League Two predictions

Newport County were beaten by Portsmouth 2-3 in the League Two on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Josh Sheehan opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Newport County's goals came from Josh Sheehan (25') and Rhys Healey (51'). Portsmouth scored through D. Rose (56'), Enda Stevens (80') and Kal Naismith (87').

Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 24th on 17 points from 20 and Portsmouth 4th on 35 points from 21. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Portsmouth 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 1 draw and 0 for Portsmouth.

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