Oldham Athletic 3-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021

Result

Oldham Athletic 3-2 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Oldham Athletic 3-2 Newport County: match report

Oldham Athletic won against Newport County 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 23 January 2021. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Jake Scrimshaw opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from Davis Keillor-Dunn (8'), R. Grant (29') and an own goal by M. Demetriou (74'). Newport County scored through Jake Scrimshaw (3') and Luke Gambin (40').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 16th on 28 points from 23 and Newport County 2nd on 40 points from 22. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Gambin of Newport County (8.2), ahead of Davis Keillor-Dunn (7.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jake ScrimshawNewport County · 0-1
  • 6'Yellow card · Marcel HilßnerOldham Athletic
  • 8'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnOldham Athletic · 1-1
  • 14'Red card · Joss LabadieNewport County
  • 29'Goal · R. GrantOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Luke GambinNewport County · 2-2
  • 74'Own goal · M. DemetriouOldham Athletic · 3-2
  • 76'Yellow card · S. BennettNewport County
  • 82'Missed penalty · Dylan BahamboulaOldham Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · Nicky AdamsOldham Athletic
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Oldham Athletic 1, draws 0, Newport County 0.

Team news

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Oldham Athletic line-up (4-3-3)

Laurence Bilboe, Nicky Adams, Sido Jombati, Harry Clarke, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Marcel Hilßner, Ben Garrity, Dylan Bahamboula, Bobby Grant, Conor McAleny

Newport County line-up (4-3-3)

Tom King, Liam Shephard, David Longe-King, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Scot Bennett, Matty Dolan, Joss Labadie, Luke Gambin, Ryan Taylor, Jake Scrimshaw