Newport County 3-2 Sutton United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 7 December 2021
Result
Newport County 3-2 Sutton United
League Two · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Newport County 3-2 Sutton United: match report
Newport County beat Sutton United 3-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 7 December 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.
David Ajiboye opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Newport County's goals came from L. Collins (53'), Courtney Baker-Richardson (64') and Matty Dolan (90+3', penalty). Sutton United scored through David Ajiboye (24') and David Ajiboye (42').
Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Sutton United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 9th on 28 points from 19 and Sutton United 6th on 32 points from 19. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Sutton United 8th with 76.
Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sutton United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Ajiboye of Sutton United (8.3), ahead of Matty Dolan (8.0).
Going into the match Newport County's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Sutton United's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · David Ajiboye
- 34'Red card · Craig Eastmond
- 42'Goal · David Ajiboye
- 53'Goal · L. Collins
- 64'Goal · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 72'Yellow card · Jonathan Barden
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Matty Dolan
Team news
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Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Day, James Clarke, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Cameron Norman, Oliver Cooper, Robbie Willmott, Finn Azaz, R. Haynes, Lewis Collins, Courtney Baker-Richardson
Sutton United line-up (4-4-2)
Dean Bouzanis, Jonathan Barden, Ben Goodliffe, Craig Eastmond, Ben Wyatt, Will Randall, Kenny Davis, Robert Milsom, David Ajiboye, Donovan Wilson, Omar Bugiel