Newport County vs Forest Green Rovers

26 December 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Martin

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Will Evans 60’, 63’
Lewis Payne 69’
Ryan Delaney 84’

Ryan Delaney 2’ (og)
Mathew Stevens 33’

Match summary

Newport County came back from 2 goals down to win 4-2 at home to Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green Rovers led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Delaney's own goal put Forest Green Rovers ahead in the 2nd minute and Mathew Stevens made it 0-2 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Will Evans pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 60th minute, Evans equalised in the 63rd minute, Lewis Payne put Newport County in front in the 69th minute, and Ryan Delaney made it 4-2 from a corner in the 84th minute.

Shots finished 13-12 to Newport County, with 8 on target for Newport County and 4 for Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green Rovers had a player sent off.

Match stats

13 Shots 12

8 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 7

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Newport County Forest Green Rovers

Kick-off

2’

Ryan Delaney
Own goal

0-1

33’

Mathew Stevens

0-2

Half-time0-2

Will Evans

1-2

60’

Will Evans

2-2

63’

Lewis Payne

3-2

69’

Ryan Delaney

4-2

84’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Newport County

Lewis Payne
Will Evans
Omar Bogle

Forest Green Rovers

Callum Jones
Jordan Moore-Taylor
Charlie McCann
Kyle McAllister
Callum Morton

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Forest Green Rovers attacking Newport County attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Nick Townsend	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Payne Taken off	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Matthew Baker Taken off	38′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Clarke	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ryan Delaney	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Shane McLoughlin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Charsley Taken off	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Scot Bennett	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bryn Morris	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Will Evans	90′	2	–	3	–	–	–
Omar Bogle	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden Came on as a substitute	52′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Bondswell Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Luke Daniels	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fankaty Dabo Taken off	86′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ryan Inniss Taken off	86′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jordan Moore-Taylor	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–
Jamie Robson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie McCann Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harvey Bunker	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Callum Jones Sent off	51′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle McAllister	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Mathew Stevens Taken off	55′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Callum Morton Taken off	68′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Reece Brown Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Bernard Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyrese Omotoye Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcel Lavinier Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Reece Welch Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Newport County win 43% Avg odds 2.17

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47

Forest Green Rovers win 30% Avg odds 3.15

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

Form going into the game

Newport County W W L D L

Forest Green Rovers D D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Forest Green Rovers 0-3 Newport County, 19 Aug 23 All Newport County vs Forest Green Rovers meetings

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.