Wrexham 2-0 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 December 2023
Result
Wrexham 2-0 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wrexham 2-0 Newport County: match report
Wrexham defeated Newport County 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
James Jones opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Wrexham's goals came from James Jones (64') and Elliot Lee (87'). Newport County did not score.
Discipline: Wrexham received no yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wrexham were 3rd on 40 points from 21 and Newport County 17th on 26 points from 22. Wrexham went on to finish that season 2nd with 88 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.
Wrexham lined up in a 5-3-2 and Newport County in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Lee of Wrexham (8.2), ahead of Ben Tozer (8.1).
Going into the match Wrexham's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Newport County's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Aaron Wildig
- 64'Goal · James Jones
- 87'Goal · Elliot Lee
Team news
Wrexham line-up (5-3-2)
Arthur Okonkwo, Jacob Mendy, Max Cleworth, Ben Tozer, Thomas O'Connor, James McClean, J. Jones, Andy Cannon, Elliot Lee, Sam Dalby, Paul Mullin
Newport County line-up (3-4-2-1)
Nick Townsend, James Clarke, Scot Bennett, Ryan Delaney, Shane McLoughlin, Bryn Morris, Aaron Wildig, Will Evans, Harry Charsley, Omar Bogle, S. Palmer-Houlden