Rochdale 3-0 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 December 2021
Result
Rochdale 3-0 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 18 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rochdale 3-0 Newport County: match report
Rochdale beat Newport County 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 18 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jake Beesley opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Rochdale's goals came from Jake Beesley (2'), Jake Beesley (72', penalty) and Liam Kelly (89'). Newport County did not score.
Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rochdale were 18th on 24 points from 21 and Newport County 4th on 34 points from 21. Rochdale went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Newport County 11th with 69.
Rochdale lined up in a 3-4-3 and Newport County in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Beesley of Rochdale (9.0), ahead of Liam Kelly (8.5).
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-L-D-D-D and Newport County's W-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Jake Beesley
- 64'Yellow card · Joel Coleman
- 70'Yellow card · M. Demetriou
- 72'Penalty goal · Jake Beesley
- 72'Yellow card · C. Norman
- 74'Yellow card · C. Grant
- 89'Goal · Liam Kelly
Team news
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Rochdale line-up (3-4-3)
Joel Coleman, Max Taylor, Eoghan O'Connell, Jeriel Dorsett, Corey O'Keeffe, Stephen Dooley, Liam Kelly, Aidan White, Alex Newby, Jake Beesley, Conor Grant
Newport County line-up (4-2-2-2)
Joe Day, Cameron Norman, Mickey Demetriou, James Clarke, A. Lewis, Robbie Willmott, Matty Dolan, Finn Azaz, Oliver Cooper, Dom Telford, Courtney Baker-Richardson