Newport County vs Morecambe

12 March 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Simpson

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Aaron Wildig 12’, 54’
Adam Lewis 18’
Harry Charsley 78’
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden 90+7’

Gwion Edwards 31’, 74’
Christopher Stokes 70’

Match summary

Newport County saw off Morecambe 5-3. Newport County led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Aaron Wildig put Newport County ahead in the 12th minute, Adam Lewis made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, and Gwion Edwards pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 31st minute. In the second half, Wildig made it 3-1 in the 54th minute, Christopher Stokes made it 3-2 from a corner in the 70th minute, Edwards equalised with a header in the 74th minute, Harry Charsley put Newport County back in front in the 78th minute, and Sebastian Palmer-Houlden made it 5-3 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 23-19 to Morecambe, with 9 on target for Newport County and 7 for Morecambe.

Match stats

19 Shots 23

9 Shots on Target 7

8 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Newport County Morecambe

Kick-off

Aaron Wildig

1-0

12’

Adam Lewis

2-0

18’

31’

Gwion Edwards

2-1

Half-time2-1

Aaron Wildig

3-1

54’

70’

Christopher Stokes

3-2

74’

Gwion Edwards

3-3

Harry Charsley

4-3

78’

Sebastian Palmer-Houlden

5-3

90+7’

Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Newport County

Kyle Jameson
Aaron Wildig
Will Evans

Morecambe

David Tutonda

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Morecambe attacking Newport County attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Nick Townsend	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Baker	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scot Bennett	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kyle Jameson	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Lewis Payne	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Harry Charsley Taken off	82′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Aaron Wildig Taken off	89′	2	–	2	–	–	–
Bryn Morris	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Adam Lewis	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Luke Jephcott Taken off	66′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Will Evans Taken off	66′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden Came on as a substitute	24′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Offrande Zanzala Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Declan Drysdale Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Waite Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


Archie Mair	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kayden Harrack Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Christopher Stokes	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jacob Bedeau	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
David Tutonda	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Nelson Khumbeni Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yann Songo'o	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Gwion Edwards Taken off	90′	2	–	6	–	–	–	–
Joe Adams	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Slew Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gerard Garner	90′	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
Jordy Hiwula Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Julian Larsson Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Brown Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 2.21

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33

Morecambe win 29% Avg odds 3.21

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

Form going into the game

Newport County W L W L L

Morecambe L D W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Morecambe 1-2 Newport County, 28 Nov 23 Next meeting: Morecambe 0-1 Newport County, 31 Aug 24 All Newport County vs Morecambe 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.