English League Two

FT Saturday, March 12, 2016
Newport County DWLWL 3
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Portsmouth LWDWW 0
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Fratton Park · 16,245 att.

Match Report

Scott Boden on target again as Newport stun Portsmouth

Scott Boden on target again as Newport stun Portsmouth

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Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-2

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 27Ryan FultonG
  2. 6Christian BurgessCD-L
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-R
  4. 3Enda StevensLB
  5. 2Ben DaviesRB
  6. 11Gary RobertsAM
  7. 8Michael DoyleLM
  8. 29Danny HollandsRM
  9. 10Marc McNultyF
  10. 23Kyle BennettAM-L
  11. 26Gareth EvansAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Adam BartonSUB
  2. 19Conor ChaplinSUB
  3. 20Matthew ClarkeSUB
  4. 21Michael SmithSUB
  5. 14Kal NaismithSUB
  6. 7Adam McGurkSUB
  7. 35Alex BassSUB

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 30Joe DayG
  2. 12Janoi DonacienCD-L
  3. 4Darren JonesCD-R
  4. 16Andrew HughesLB
  5. 2Danny HolmesRB
  6. 28Tommy O'SullivanCM-L
  7. 33Mark ByrneCM-R
  8. 7Medy ElitoLM
  9. 23Alex RodmanRM
  10. 18John-Christophe AyinaCF-L
  11. 19Scott BodenCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Yan KlukowskiSUB
  2. 39Jake GoslingSUB
  3. 21Matthew PartridgeSUB
  4. 9Conor WilkinsonSUB
  5. 17Morgan DeanSUB
  6. 3Scott BarrowSUB
  7. 15Joe GreenSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Mark Byrne (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Danny Hollands (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Goal! Portsmouth 0, Newport County 1. Darren Jones (Newport County) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Boden.
  5. 40' Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Portsmouth. Michael Smith replaces Gareth Evans.
  7. 53' Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Second yellow card to Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
  9. 60' Substitution, Newport County. Conor Wilkinson replaces John-Christophe Ayina.
  10. 61' Substitution, Portsmouth. Kal Naismith replaces Kyle Bennett.
  11. 69' Goal! Portsmouth 0, Newport County 2. Scott Boden (Newport County) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Medy Elito with a cross following a fast break.
  12. 70' Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Marc McNulty.
  13. 74' Substitution, Newport County. Jake Gosling replaces Medy Elito.
  14. 77' Substitution, Newport County. Dean Morgan replaces Scott Boden.
  15. 82' Tommy O'Sullivan (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Goal! Portsmouth 0, Newport County 3. Dean Morgan (Newport County) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Byrne with a cross.

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