English League Two

FT Saturday, December 31, 2016
Exeter City WDWWD 4
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Newport County DLLLL 1
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EXE134
NEW011
Rodney Parade · 2,663 att.

Match Report

Ollie Watkins piles on the misery for Newport with hat-trick in Exeter victory

Ollie Watkins piles on the misery for Newport with hat-trick in Exeter victory

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Head to Head

EXE leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 1Joe DayG
  2. 17Scott BennettCD-L
  3. 40Abdoulaye MéitéCD-R
  4. 11Jennison Myrie-WilliamsLB
  5. 2Jazzi Barnum-BobbRB
  6. 12Ben TozerCM
  7. 16Josh SheehanLM
  8. 8Mark RandallRM
  9. 19Rhys HealeyF
  10. 27Sean RiggLF
  11. 13Marlon JacksonRF

Substitutes

  1. 34Josh O'HanlonSUB
  2. 7Jack ComptonSUB
  3. 15Jordan GreenSUB
  4. 3Dan ButlerSUB
  5. 30James BittnerSUB
  6. 14Paul BignotSUB
  7. 20Tom Owen-EvansSUB

EXE · 4-5-1

  1. 30Christy PymG
  2. 15Jordan MooreCD-L
  3. 39Troy BrownCD-R
  4. 23Connor Riley-LoweLB
  5. 28Jack StaceyRB
  6. 14Ollie WatkinsCM-L
  7. 25Jake TaylorCM-R
  8. 4Lloyd JamesAM
  9. 12Joel GrantLM
  10. 11David WheelerRM
  11. 19Liam McAlindenF

Substitutes

  1. 33Reuben ReidSUB
  2. 8Robbie SimpsonSUB
  3. 1Robert OlejnikSUB
  4. 6Jordan TillsonSUB
  5. 5Troy Archibald-HenvilleSUB
  6. 16Matthew OakleySUB
  7. 7Ryan HarleySUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Sean Rigg (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Lloyd James (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Newport County 0, Exeter City 1. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Liam McAlinden with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, Newport County. Jack Compton replaces Ben Tozer.
  5. 47' Goal! Newport County 0, Exeter City 2. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam McAlinden.
  6. 53' Goal! Newport County 0, Exeter City 3. David Wheeler (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 55' Substitution, Exeter City. Ryan Harley replaces Joel Grant.
  8. 63' Substitution, Newport County. Jordan Green replaces Marlon Jackson.
  9. 69' Substitution, Newport County. Josh O'Hanlon replaces Scot Bennett because of an injury.
  10. 80' Substitution, Exeter City. Jordan Tillson replaces David Wheeler.
  11. 81' Goal! Newport County 1, Exeter City 3. Sean Rigg (Newport County) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Randall with a cross.
  12. 88' Substitution, Exeter City. Robbie Simpson replaces Liam McAlinden.
  13. 90'+5' Goal! Newport County 1, Exeter City 4. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robbie Simpson following a fast break.

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