Newport County 1-2 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 2 November 2019
Result
Newport County 1-2 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 2 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 1-2 Salford City: match report
Newport County were beaten by Salford City 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 2 November 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cameron Burgess opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Newport County's goal came from an own goal by N. Pond (45+1'). Salford City scored through Cameron Burgess (40') and Lois Maynard (54').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 7th on 27 points from 15 and Salford City 12th on 21 points from 16. Newport County went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Salford City 10th with 50.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Salford City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ibou Touray of Salford City (7.8), level with Lois Maynard (7.8).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Salford City's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Cameron Burgess
- 45+1'Own goal · N. Pond
- 54'Goal · Lois Maynard
- 56'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 64'Yellow card · Oscar Threlkeld
- 67'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 81'Missed penalty · Tristan Abrahams
- 88'Yellow card · Sam Hughes
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Tom King, Ryan Inniss, Mark O'Brien, Scot Bennett, Robbie Willmott, Taylor Maloney, Josh Sheehan, Matty Dolan, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Jamille Matt
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Mark Howard, Oscar Threlkeld, Nathan Pond, Cameron Burgess, Ibou Touray, Richie Towell, Lois Maynard, Joey Jones, Craig Conway, Adam Rooney, Jake Jervis