Southend United 1-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 8 May 2021

Result

Southend United 1-1 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 8 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southend United 1-1 Newport County: match report

Southend United drew with Newport County 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 8 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Shaun Hobson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Southend United's goal came from Shaun Hobson (11'). Newport County scored through M. Demetriou (56').

Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 23rd on 44 points from 45 and Newport County 5th on 72 points from 45. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.

Southend United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom King of Newport County (8.3), ahead of Shaun Hobson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southend United win, 0 draws and 0 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Shaun HobsonSouthend United · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Greg HalfordSouthend United
  • 51'Yellow card · Shaun HobsonSouthend United
  • 56'Goal · M. DemetriouNewport County · 1-1
  • 61'Missed penalty · M. RushSouthend United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Southend United 1, draws 0, Newport County 0.

Team news

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Southend United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, John White, Shaun Hobson, Sam Hart, Terrell Egbri, Tyler Cordner, Kyle Taylor, James Olayinka, Matt Rush, Greg Halford

Newport County line-up (3-5-2)

Tom King, Liam Shephard, Scot Bennett, Mickey Demetriou, A. Lewis, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Anthony Hartigan, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Lewis Collins