English League Two

FT Monday, December 26, 2016
Portsmouth DWLWD 3
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Newport County LDLLL 2
1st2ndT
POR033
NEW112
Rodney Parade · 3,714 att.

Match Report

Kal Naismith makes up for missed penalty with late Pompey winner at Newport

Kal Naismith makes up for missed penalty with late Pompey winner at Newport

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Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW · 3-5-2

  1. 1Joe DayG
  2. 17Scott BennettCD
  3. 40Abdoulaye MéitéCD-L
  4. 4Darren JonesCD-R
  5. 20Tom Owen-EvansCM-L
  6. 12Ben TozerCM-R
  7. 16Josh SheehanAM
  8. 11Jennison Myrie-WilliamsLM
  9. 2Jazzi Barnum-BobbRM
  10. 27Sean RiggCF-L
  11. 19Rhys HealeyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Marlon JacksonSUB
  2. 8Mark RandallSUB
  3. 34Josh O'HanlonSUB
  4. 30James BittnerSUB
  5. 3Dan ButlerSUB
  6. 14Paul BignotSUB
  7. 15Jordan GreenSUB

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-L
  3. 6Christian BurgessCD-R
  4. 3Enda StevensLB
  5. 26Gareth EvansRB
  6. 8Michael DoyleCM-L
  7. 4Danny RoseCM-R
  8. 22Kal NaismithLM
  9. 7Carl BakerRM
  10. 20Noel HuntCF-L
  11. 9Michael SmithCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jack WhatmoughSUB
  2. 13Liam O'BrienSUB
  3. 21Adam BuxtonSUB
  4. 10Milan LalkovicSUB
  5. 24Amine LinganziSUB
  6. 23Kyle BennettSUB
  7. 19Conor ChaplinSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Rhys Healey (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! Newport County 1, Portsmouth 0. Josh Sheehan (Newport County) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 39' Ben Tozer (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 51' Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 0. Rhys Healey (Newport County) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  6. 56' Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 1. Danny Rose (Portsmouth) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gareth Evans.
  7. 62' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot is too high. Kal Naismith should be disappointed.
  8. 73' Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Carl Baker.
  10. 79' Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 2. Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Danny Rose.
  12. 85' Substitution, Newport County. Marlon Jackson replaces Tom Owen-Evans.
  13. 87' Goal! Newport County 2, Portsmouth 3. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 89' Substitution, Portsmouth. Amine Linganzi replaces Noel Hunt.
  15. 90' Substitution, Newport County. Jordan Green replaces Abdoulaye Méité.
  16. 90' Substitution, Newport County. Mark Randall replaces Ben Tozer.

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