Salford City 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 30 September 2023
Result
Salford City 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Salford City 2-1 Newport County: match report
Salford City beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 30 September 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Matthew Lund opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Salford City's goals came from Matthew Lund (25') and an own goal by Declan Drysdale (45+6'). Newport County scored through Bryn Morris (31').
Discipline: Salford City received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 21st on 7 points from 9 and Newport County 15th on 11 points from 9. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Omar Bogle of Newport County (7.7), ahead of Alex Cairns (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Salford City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Newport County.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Aaron Wildig
- 25'Goal · Matthew Lund
- 31'Goal · Bryn Morris
- 41'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 45+6'Own goal · Declan Drysdale
- 56'Yellow card · Bryn Morris
- 61'Yellow card · William Albert Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Ethan Ingram, Adrian Mariappa, Curtis Tilt, Declan John, Matthew Lund, Stevie Mallan, Elliot Watt, Luke Bolton, Matt Smith, Kelly N'Mai
Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nick Townsend, Shane McLoughlin, Declan Drysdale, Ryan Delaney, Adam Lewis, Bryn Morris, Scot Bennett, Will Evans, James Waite, Aaron Wildig, Omar Bogle