Swindon Town 2:0 Newport County AFC: Match Result

League Two

Swindon Town LDWLWW

2:0

Finished

Kick-off was 11 Feb, 20:00

Newport County AFC DWLDLL

Venue: The Nigel Eady County Ground City: Swindon

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Shots on target 2 – 2

Shots off target 3 – 5

Big chances 1 – 0

⇄ 37' R. Tafazolli — Substitution ⇄ 46' J. Scanlon — Substitution ⇄ 46' J. Snowdon — Substitution ⇄ 60' L. Jamieson — Substitution ⇄ 60' N. Opoku — Substitution ⚽ 63' F. Holman — Goal ⚽ 66' J. Thomas — Own goal ⇄ 67' J. Hoilett — Substitution ⇄ 77' T. Nichols — Substitution ⇄ 78' H. Biggins — Substitution ⇄ 88' G. Garner — Substitution ⇄ 88' M. Spellman — Substitution

Match events

37' Swindon Town Substitution R. Tafazolli off: J. Batty
46' Swindon Town Substitution J. Scanlon off: F. Holman
46' Swindon Town Substitution J. Snowdon off: O. Palmer
60' Newport County AFC Substitution L. Jamieson off: T. Nyakuhwa
60' Newport County AFC Substitution N. Opoku off: J. Crole
63' Swindon Town Goal F. Holman assist: J. Hoilett
66' Swindon Town Own goal J. Thomas
67' Swindon Town Substitution J. Hoilett off: J. Knight-Lebel
77' Swindon Town Substitution T. Nichols off: A. Borland
78' Newport County AFC Substitution H. Biggins off: C. Jarvis
88' Newport County AFC Substitution G. Garner off: B. Lloyd
88' Newport County AFC Substitution M. Spellman off: A. Driscoll-Glennon

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

2 Shots on target 2

3 Shots off target 5

1 Big chances 0

115 Attacks 117

9 Corners 0

11 Fouls 6

6 Free kicks 10

1 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 6

29 Throw-ins 45

All statistics

37 Aerial duels 37

60 Backward passes 72

2 Blocked shots 1

25 Clearances 32

26 Crosses 8

17 Dribbles 22

111 Failed passes 104

2 Goalkeeper saves 1

13 Interceptions 10

3 Key passes 6

73 Long passes 63

70 Passes into the final third 85

253 Passes in the opposition half 245

173 Passes in own half 197

0.29 Shot accuracy 0.25

2 Shots from outside the box 5

5 Shots inside the box 3

19 Aerial duels won 18

3 Successful crosses 3

9 Successful dribbles 8

26 Successful long passes 25

24 Successful tackles 9

289 Successful passes 330

32 Tackles 15

400 Total passes 434

Line-ups

Swindon Town

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Connor Ripley	1
8	Oliver Anthony Clarke	8
17	Ryan Tafazolli	17
34	Billy Kirkman	34
7	Thomas Andrew Nichols	7
18	Gavin Kilkenny	18
19	Joseph Leonard Snowdon	19
33	Joel McGregor	33
21	James Scanlon	21
23	Aaron Drinan	23
30	David Junior Wayne Hoilett	30

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Lewis Ward	12
22	Jamie Knight-Lebel	22
26	Jake Thomas Batty	26
25	Aiden Borland	25
44	Darren Joseph Norman Oldaker	44
24	Fletcher Holman	24
28	Oliver James Palmer	28

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Newport County AFC

Starting XI
#	Player	number
28	Jordan Ian Wright	28
4	M. Baker	4
6	Ciaran Brennan	6
12	Joe Thomas	12
17	Thomas Alfred Davies	17
5	Sven Michael Sprangler	5
10	Harrison Biggins	10
19	Gerard Garner	19
21	Michael Spellman	21
22	Lewis Jamieson	22
24	N. Opoku	24