Newport County 2-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 October 2019
Result
Newport County 2-1 Scunthorpe United
League Two · Saturday 19 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 2-1 Scunthorpe United: match report
Newport County defeated Scunthorpe United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 19 October 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Padraig Amond opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Newport County's goals came from Padraig Amond (45+4') and Josh Sheehan (56'). Scunthorpe United scored through an own goal by Mark O'Brien (49').
Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 5th on 23 points from 12 and Scunthorpe United 22nd on 10 points from 13. Newport County went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Scunthorpe United 20th with 40.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Padraig Amond of Newport County (8.1), ahead of Ryan Inniss (7.8).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-W-D-D-L and Scunthorpe United's W-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Danny McNamara
- 22'Yellow card · Jamie Proctor
- 34'Yellow card · Levi Sutton
- 45+1'Yellow card · Mark O'Brien
- 45+4'Goal · Padraig Amond
- 49'Own goal · Mark O'Brien
- 56'Goal · Josh Sheehan
- 75'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 87'Yellow card · Robbie Willmott
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Tom King, Danny McNamara, Mark O'Brien, Ryan Inniss, Scot Bennett, R. Haynes, Robbie Willmott, Josh Sheehan, Joss Labadie, Padraig Amond, Jamille Matt
Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)
Rory Watson, James Perch, Harrison McGahey, Rory McArdle, Junior Brown, Alex Gilliead, Yann Songo'o, Levi Sutton, Ryan Colclough, Lee Novak, Jamie Proctor