Forest Green Rovers vs Newport County

19 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Jackson

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Will Evans 1’, 25’
  • Adam Lewis 88’ (pen)

Match summary

Newport County won comfortably, 3-0 away at Forest Green Rovers. Newport County led 2-0 at half-time.

Will Evans put Newport County ahead in the first minute, Evans made it 0-2 in the 25th minute, and Adam Lewis made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

Shots finished 12-10 to Forest Green Rovers, with 1 on target for Forest Green Rovers and 7 for Newport County. Forest Green Rovers had a player sent off.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Newport County
12 Shots 10
1 Shots on Target 7
7 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Newport County
Kick-off
1’
Will Evans0-1 (Newport County)
25’
Will Evans0-2 (Newport County)
Half-time0-2
88’
Adam Lewis
Penalty
0-3 (Newport County)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Forest Green Rovers
  • Sean Robertson
  • Matty Taylor
  • Troy Deeney
Newport County
  • James Clarke

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newport County attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
1’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 7’ Harry Charsley (Newport County), open play, blocked 9’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, saved 9’ Harry Charsley (Newport County), from a corner, off target 15’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 19’ Darnell Johnson (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 21’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 23’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 23’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 25’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 29’ Dylan Kadji (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 29’ Scot Bennett (Newport County), open play, saved 36’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 42’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, saved 44’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 60’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 61’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 62’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, saved 76’ Teddy Jenks (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 77’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 88’ Adam Lewis (Newport County), penalty, goal 1’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 7’ Harry Charsley (Newport County), open play, blocked 9’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, saved 9’ Harry Charsley (Newport County), from a corner, off target 15’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 19’ Darnell Johnson (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 21’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 23’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 23’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 25’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 29’ Dylan Kadji (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 29’ Scot Bennett (Newport County), open play, saved 36’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 42’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, saved 44’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 60’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 61’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 62’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, saved 76’ Teddy Jenks (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 77’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 88’ Adam Lewis (Newport County), penalty, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Luke Daniels
90′ – – – – – – –
Dominic Bernard
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Darnell Johnson Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Kyle McAllister Taken off
88′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Dylan Kadji Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
Mathew Stevens Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
Tyrese Omotoye Taken off
62′ – – 1 – – – –
Sean Robertson Came on as a substituteSent off
44′ – – – – – –
Jacob Maddox Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – –
Troy Deeney Came on as a substitute
28′ – – – – – –
Alfie Bendle Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Forest Green Rovers win 38% Avg odds 2.47
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.28
Newport County win 34% Avg odds 2.79

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.