Portsmouth 0-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 March 2016

Result

Portsmouth 0-2 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 12 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 0-2 Newport County: match report

Portsmouth lost to Newport County 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 12 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Darren Jones opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Portsmouth did not score. Newport County scored through Darren Jones (34'), Scott Boden (69') and Dean Morgan (87').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 58 points from 35 and Newport County 20th on 35 points from 34. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 7th with 77 points, and Newport County 21st with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 2 for Newport County.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Newport County's L-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Mark ByrneNewport County
  • 24'Yellow card · Enda StevensPortsmouth
  • 34'Goal · Darren JonesNewport County · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · René HiguitaPortsmouth
  • 40'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 53'Yellow card · Gary RobertsPortsmouth
  • 59'Second yellow · Gary RobertsPortsmouth
  • 69'Goal · Scott BodenNewport County · 0-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Tommy O'SullivanNewport County
  • 87'Goal · Dean MorganNewport County · 0-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Newport County 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

Ryan Fulton, Ben Davies, Adam Webster, Christian Burgess, Enda Stevens, Michael Doyle, Gary Roberts, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Danny Hollands, Marc McNulty

Newport County line-up

Joe Day, Danny Holmes, Darren Jones, Janoi Donacien, Andrew Hughes, Medy Elito, Alex Rodman, Tom O'Sullivan, Mark Byrne, John-Christophe Ayina, Scott Boden