SCUNTHORPE. Newport County tops Scunthorpe United 1-0 after C. Baker-Richardson scored just 1 goal (56′).

The match was played at the Sands Venue Stadium stadium in Scunthorpe on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Sam Purkiss who had the assistance of Billy Smallwood and Stephen Wade. The 4th official was Joe Clark. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Scunthorpe United was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Newport County that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newport County was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Newport County won the match.​

Scunthorpe United shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newport County shot 24 times, 8 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards (G. Taft, M. Hippolyte and M. O’Malley). Talking about the opposition, Newport County received 1 yellow card (D. Telford).

Standings

After this encounter, Scunthorpe United will stay with 19 points to hold in the 23rd place. Regarding the opposition, Newport County will have 41 points like Swindon Town and Mansfield Town to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Scunthorpe United will play away with Port Vale on the 29th of January with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Scunthorpe United (6 draws).

Newport County will host Barrow on the 29th of January with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Barrow (1 draw).

Scunthorpe United – Formation

Scunthorpe United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Keith Hill decided to play with the following team: R. Watson (8.6), E. Onariase (6.8), H. Davis (7.0), G. Taft (7.1), L. Matheson (6.7), T. Pugh (7.4), J. Rowe (7.3), A. Perry (6.4), M. O’Malley (7.1), S. Burns (6.1) and H. Bunn (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: A. Beestin, T. Collins, J. Hallam, M. Hippolyte (6.4), D. Gallimore, H. Lewis and H. Wood (6.3).

Scunthorpe United could not rely on the presence of M. Hippolyte (injured).

Substitutions

Scunthorpe United made 3 changes: H. Bunn for M. Hippolyte (43′), T. Pugh for H. Wood (78′) and J. Rowe for J. Hallam (88′).

Best player: R. Watson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Scunthorpe United was the goalkeeper: R. Watson. His rating is 8.60. He performed 7 saves.

Newport County – Formation

Newport County started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

James Rowberry played with: N. Townsend (7.8), C. Norman (7.3), J. Pask (6.4), M. Demetriou (7.4), R. Haynes (7.0), S. Bennett (6.6), O. Cooper (7.2), F. Azaz (8.8), J. Cain (8.4), D. Telford (7.4) and C. Baker-Richardson (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: A. Fisher, J. Waite, R. Willmott, M. Dolan, J. Day, J. Clarke (6.6) and A. Lewis.

Newport County could not rely on the presence of J. Clarke (injured).

Substitutions

Newport County made 3 changes: J. Pask for J. Clarke (73′), O. Cooper for M. Dolan (88′) and D. Telford for J. Waite (90′).

Best player: F. Azaz​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newport County was F. Azaz even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.8) with 48 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Barrow – Mansfield Town – 1-3
• Crawley Town – Tranmere Rovers – 0-1
• Forest Green Rovers – Carlisle United – 3-0
• Harrogate Town – Oldham Athletic – 3-0
• Hartlepool United – Stevenage – 1-1
• Leyton Orient – Port Vale – 0-0
• Rochdale – Bradford City – 0-0
• Salford City – Colchester United – 0-3
• Scunthorpe United – Newport County – 0-1
• Sutton United – Northampton Town – 0-0
• Swindon Town – Bristol Rovers – 1-1
• Walsall – Exeter City – 0-2