CASNEWYD. Rochdale beats Newport County 1-0 after J. Ball scored just 1 goal (5′). Newport County was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%).
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 David Rock with the assistance of Christopher Wade and Chris Husband. The 4th official was Ollie Williams.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 22 Total 7
- 0 On Target 3
- 22 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 113 Attack 61
- 68 Dangerous attack 23
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 13 Corners 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 17
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Newport County was in firm control of the ball 64% while Rochdale was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Newport County was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 0 were on target. Still, Rochdale was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Newport County shot 22 times, 0 on target, 22 off target. On the other side, Rochdale shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Newport County received 1 yellow card (J. Clarke). Talking about the opposition, Rochdale received 6 yellow cards (J. Ball, J. Keohane, S. Quigley, D. Rodney, and I. Henderson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Newport County will stay with 11 points like Gillingham to sit in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Rochdale will have 8 points like Harrogate Town to hold in the 23rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Newport County will host Mansfield Town on the 18th of April with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Mansfield Town (8 draws).
Rochdale will host Tranmere Rovers on the 18th of April with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Rochdale (2 draws).
Newport County – Formation
Newport County
11'
46'
Newport County started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager James Rowberry decided to play with the following team: Joe Day, James Clarke, Mickey Demetriou, Aaron Lewis, Adam Lewis, Cameron Norman, Robbie Willmott, Aaron Wildig, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Omar Bogle and Will Evans.
The home team had on the bench: Thierry Nevers, Scott Bennett, James Waite, Lewis Collins, Chanka Zimba, Evan Ovendale and Declan Drysdale.
Substitutions
Newport County made 4 changes: A. Lewis for T. Nevers (46′), N. Moriah-Welsh for L. Collins (46′), W. Evans for C. Zimba (85′) and A. Wildig for J. Waite (88′).
Rochdale – Formation
Rochdale
5'
Rochdale started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jim Bentley played with: Richard O’Donnell, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Jimmy Ball, Sam Graham, Femi Seriki, Toumani Diagouraga, Jimmy Keohane, Liam Kelly, Abraham Odoh, Scott Quigley and Devante Rodney.
They had on the bench: Bradley Kelly, Connor Malley, Jim McNulty, Ethan Brierley, Aidan White, Ian Henderson and Tyrese Sinclair.
Substitutions
Rochdale made 4 changes: F. Seriki for A. White (57′), L. Kelly for T. Sinclair (70′), A. Odoh for J. McNulty (87′) and S. Quigley for I. Henderson (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Sutton United – Tranmere Rovers – 0-2
- Bradford City – Stockport County – 0-1
- Doncaster Rovers – Leyton Orient – 1-1
- Walsall – AFC Wimbledon – 3-1
- Stevenage – Swindon Town – 2-0
- Northampton Town – Salford City – 0-1
- Newport County – Rochdale – 0-1
- Hartlepool United – Carlisle United – 1-3
- Grimsby Town – Crawley Town – 3-0
- Crewe Alexandra – Gillingham – 1-1
- Colchester United – Harrogate Town – 2-1
- Barrow – Mansfield Town – 0-1
