Port Vale 1-2 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 1 September 2018
Result
Port Vale 1-2 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Port Vale 1-2 Newport County: match report
Port Vale lost to Newport County 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
S. Bennett opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Port Vale's goal came from Tom Pope (27'). Newport County scored through S. Bennett (18') and Dan Butler (48').
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Newport County received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 15th on 6 points from 5 and Newport County 5th on 10 points from 5. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Newport County 7th with 73.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Newport County's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · S. Bennett
- 27'Goal · Tom Pope
- 48'Goal · Dan Butler
- 83'Yellow card · Luke Joyce
Team news
Port Vale line-up
Scott Brown, Mitch Clark, Cristian Montano, Luke Joyce, Leon Legge, Connell Rawlinson, David Worrall, Lewis Hardcastle, Tom Pope, Louis Dodds, Luke Hannant
Newport County line-up
Joe Day, David Pipe, Dan Butler, Mickey Demetriou, Scot Bennett, Fraser Franks, Matty Dolan, Tyreeq Bakinson, Mark Harris, Padraig Amond, Josh Sheehan