Newport County 2-0 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020
Result
Newport County 2-0 Swindon Town
League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newport County 2-0 Swindon Town: match report
Newport County beat Swindon Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 18 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Josh Sheehan opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Newport County's goals came from Josh Sheehan (1') and Jamille Matt (49'). Swindon Town did not score.
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 11th on 33 points from 24 and Swindon Town 1st on 53 points from 27. Newport County went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Swindon Town 2nd with 69.
Newport County lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Swindon Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamille Matt of Newport County (8.2), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 0 draws and 0 for Swindon Town.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Josh Sheehan
- 28'Yellow card · Anthony Grant
- 42'Yellow card · Diallang Jaiyesimi
- 49'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 78'Yellow card · Jamille Matt
- 90'Yellow card · Tom King
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jerry Yates
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-1-4-2)
Tom King, Ryan Inniss, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, Scot Bennett, Ash Baker, Josh Sheehan, Joss Labadie, R. Haynes, Jamille Matt, Tristan Abrahams
Swindon Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steven Benda, Paul Caddis, Tom Broadbent, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Rob Hunt, Anthony Grant, Daniel Rose, Lloyd Isgrove, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Kaiyne Woolery, Jerry Yates