CASNEWYD. Crewe Alexandra and Newport County draw 1-1. C. Long scored the first goal (48′) for Crewe Alexandra. W. Albert made it even (64′).

The match was played at the Rodney Parade stadium in Casnewyd on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 3,926 spectators.​ The referee was Ben Speedie with the assistance of Mark Derrien and Jack Clench. The 4th official was Grant Taylor. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.41 degrees Celsius or 47.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Newport County

1 - 1

Crewe Alexandra

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 19 Total 22
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 10
  • 9 Shots blocked 8
  • 135 Attack 109
  • 65 Dangerous attack 34
  • 99 Ball safe 102
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 10 Total 6
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Newport County was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Crewe Alexandra that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newport County was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Newport County to win the match​.

Newport County shot 19 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 22 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Newport County didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card (Zac Williams).

Match Timeline

48'
Chris Long(goal)
W. Evans(goal)Shane McLoughlin
64'
M. Bondswell- sub ->James Clarke
63'
J. Waite- sub ->Harry Charsley
63'
64'
Shilow Tracey- sub ->Christopher Long
72'
Zac Williams- Yellow
77'
Ryan Cooney- sub ->Joe White
84'
Elliott Nevitt- sub ->Aaron Rowe
Nathan Daniel Wood- sub ->Bryn Morris
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
92
46
Wrexham
88
46
Mansfield Town
86
46
Milton Keynes Dons
78
46
Doncaster Rovers
71
46
Crewe Alexandra
71
46
Crawley Town
70
46
Barrow
69
46
Bradford City
69
46
AFC Wimbledon
65
46
Walsall
65
46
Gillingham
64
46
Harrogate Town
63
46
Notts County
61
46
Morecambe
58
46
Tranmere Rovers
57
46
Accrington Stanley
57
46
Newport County
55
46
Swindon Town
54
46
Salford City
51
46
Grimsby Town
49
46
Colchester United
45
46
Sutton United
42
46
Forest Green Rovers
42
46

After this encounter, Newport County has 30 points like Tranmere Rovers to hold in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Crewe Alexandra will has 38 points like AFC Wimbledon to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Newport County will play away against Barrow on the 16th of September with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Barrow (2 draws).

Crewe Alexandra will host Bradford City on the 1st of January with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Bradford City (3 draws).

Newport County – Formation

Newport County
G
N. Townsend 1.Antigua and Barbuda
7.5
D
L. Payne 2.England
6.7
D
R. Delaney 4.Republic of Ireland
7.3
D
J. Clarke 5.England
7.1
63'
D
S. McLoughlin 19.Republic of Ireland
7.9
D
M. Baker 28.Wales
7.1
M
B. Morris 8.England
7.1
90'
M
S. Bennett 17.England
7.0
M
H. Charsley 20.Republic of Ireland
6.3
63'
F
W. Evans 7.Wales
7.7
64'
F
S. Palmer-Houlden 30.England
7.0
Substitutes
G
J. Maxted 26.England
D
A. Lewis 3.England
D
M. Bondswell 33.England
7.1
63'
D
Nelson Sanca 41.England
M
J. Waite 11.Wales
7.0
63'
M
Nathan Daniel Wood 22.Wales
90'
F
K. Rai 18.Wales

Newport County started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Graham Coughlan decided to play with the following team: Nick Townsend (7.5), Lewis Payne (6.7), James Clarke (7.1), Matthew Baker (7.1), Ryan Delaney (7.3), Shane McLoughlin (7.9), Harry Charsley (6.3), Scot Bennett (7.0), Bryn Morris (7.1), William Albert Evans (7.7) and Seb Palmer-Houlden (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Lewis, James Waite (7.0), Kiban Rai, Nathan Daniel Wood, Jonathan Maxted, Matt Bondswell (7.1) and Nelson Sanca.

Substitutions

Newport County made 3 changes: James Clarke for Matt Bondswell (63′), Harry Charsley for James Waite (63′) and Bryn Morris for Nathan Daniel Wood (90′).

Player of the match: Shane McLoughlin​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newport County was Shane McLoughlin.

His rating is 7.9 with 39 passes (68% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 12 crosses.

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra
G
Tom Booth 13.England
6.8
D
Mickey Demetriou 5.England
7.8
D
Luke Offord 6.England
6.8
D
C. O'Riordan 15.England
7.3
M
Rio Adebisi 3.England
7.9
M
Zac Williams 4.Wales
7.5
72'
M
Lewis Billington 28.England
7.3
M
Joe White 30.England
7.0
77'
F
Chris Long 7.England
7.5
64' 48'
F
Courtney Baker-Richardson 9.England
7.3
F
Aaron Rowe 21.England
6.7
84'
Substitutes
G
Harvey Davies 1.England
D
Ryan Cooney 2.England
6.7
77'
D
Zak Kempster-Down 29.England
F
Shilow Tracey 10.England
7.1
64'
F
Elliott Nevitt 20.England
6.4
84'

Crewe Alexandra started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Lee Bell played with: Tom Booth (6.8), Connor O’Riordan (7.3), Luke Offord (6.8), Mickey Demetriou (7.8), Lewis Billington (7.3), Joe White (7.0), Rio Adebisi (7.9), Zac Williams (7.5), Aaron Rowe (6.7), Courtney Baker-Richardson (7.3) and Christopher Long (7.5).

They had on the bench: Harvey Davies, Ryan Cooney (6.7), Shilow Tracey (7.1), Elliott Nevitt (6.4), Zak Down, Calum Agius and Nathan Robinson.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made 3 changes: Christopher Long for Shilow Tracey (64′), Joe White for Ryan Cooney (77′) and Aaron Rowe for Elliott Nevitt (84′).

Player of the match: Rio Adebisi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Crewe Alexandra was Rio Adebisi.

His rating is 7.9 with 32 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 15 duels out of 20. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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