CASNEWYD. Rochdale tops Newport County with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Done (16′) and a goal from A. Odoh (90′). Newport County lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Rodney Parade stadium in Casnewyd on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Lee Swabey with the help of Scott Williams and James Vallance. The 4th official was Simon Shaw.

Match Statistics​

Newport County

0 - 2

Rochdale

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 15 Total 11
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 13 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 113 Attack 90
  • 75 Dangerous attack 31
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 7 Total 7
  • 0 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Newport County was in firm control of the ball 58% while Rochdale was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newport County had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Rochdale found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Newport County shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Rochdale shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

16'
46'
H. Bright- sub ->S. Bennett
61'
74'
77'
88'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Forest Green Rovers
84
46
Exeter City
84
46
Bristol Rovers
80
46
Northampton Town
80
46
Port Vale
78
46
Swindon Town
77
46
Mansfield Town
77
46
Sutton United
76
46
Tranmere Rovers
75
46
Salford City
70
46
Newport County
69
46
Crawley Town
61
46
Leyton Orient
58
46
Bradford City
58
46
Colchester United
55
46
Walsall
54
46
Hartlepool United
54
46
Rochdale
53
46
Harrogate Town
53
46
Carlisle United
53
46
Stevenage
47
46
Barrow
44
46
Oldham Athletic
38
46
Scunthorpe United
26
46

After playing this match, Newport County will stay with 69 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Rochdale will have 53 points like Harrogate Town and Carlisle United to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

Newport County – Formation

Newport County
G
N. Townsend 30.Antigua and Barbuda
6.2
D
J. Clarke 5.England
6.9
D
S. Bennett 17.England
6.8
61'
D
Josh Pask 4.England
7.1
D
Cameron Norman 2.England
6.8
D
Aaron Lewis 14.Wales
6.8
M
Matty Dolan 8.England
7.4
M
Dom Telford 19.England
6.8
74'
M
Finn Azaz 18.England
7.2
F
Oliver Cooper 31.Wales
6.3
46'
F
Robert Street 11.England
6.6
Substitutes
G
Joe Day 1.England
D
H. Bright 50.Wales
6.2
61'
M
Jake Cain 24.England
8.2
46'
M
Lewis Collins 21.Wales
6.6
74'
M
K. Ellison 22.England
F
Alex Fisher 12.England
F
J. Waite 26.Wales

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

The manager James Rowberry decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Newport County made 3 changes: O. Cooper for J. Cain (46′), S. Bennett for H. Bright (61′) and D. Telford for L. Collins (74′).

Rochdale – Formation

Rochdale
G
Jake Eastwood 21.England
7.2
D
Jimmy McNulty 4.Scotland
7.2
D
Eoghan O'Connell 6.Republic of Ireland
7.4
D
Corey O'Keeffe 2.Republic of Ireland
7.1
D
Max Clark 26.England
7.1
D
Max Taylor 5.England
7.1
M
M. Done 16.England
7.3
88' 16'
M
Stephen Dooley 7.Northern Ireland
6.9
M
C. Grant 11.Republic of Ireland
7.2
M
Ethan Brierley 24.England
7.2
F
L. Charman 9.England
6.8
77'
Substitutes
G
Bradley Kelly 30.England
M
L. Kelly 23.Republic of Ireland
M
Aidan White 3.Republic of Ireland
M
Danny Cashman 20.England
M
Alex Newby 10.England
M
Abraham Odoh 18.England
7.4
77' 90'
F
Josh Andrews 19.England
6.5
88'

Rochdale started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Robbie Stockdale played with: .

Rochdale could not rely on the presence of A. Odoh (injured).

Substitutions

Rochdale made 2 changes: L. Charman for A. Odoh (77′) and M. Done for J. Andrews (88′).

Results of the day

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