Tranmere Rovers vs Newport County

9 December 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Stockbridge

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Kieron Morris 57’
  • Connor Jennings 88’
  • Will Evans 22’

Match summary

Tranmere Rovers came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Newport County, with a late winner. Newport County led 1-0 at half-time.

Will Evans put Newport County ahead in the 22nd minute, Kieron Morris equalised in the 57th minute, and Connor Jennings won it in the 88th minute.

Shots finished 14-10 to Tranmere Rovers, with 3 on target for Tranmere Rovers and 3 for Newport County.

Match stats

Tranmere Rovers Newport County
14 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Tranmere Rovers Newport County
Kick-off
22’
Will Evans0-1 (Newport County)
Half-time0-1
Kieron Morris1-1 (Tranmere Rovers)
57’
Connor Jennings2-1 (Tranmere Rovers)
88’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Tranmere Rovers
  • Kieron Morris
  • Kristian Dennis
  • Charlie Jolley
Newport County
  • James Clarke
  • Bryn Morris
  • Matt Bondswell

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newport County attacking Tranmere Rovers attacking 
1’ Bryn Morris (Newport County), open play, off target 5’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 10’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 14’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, off target 14’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, saved 22’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 27’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 33’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 33’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 37’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 38’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, saved 38’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, hit the woodwork 50’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, blocked 56’ Shane McLoughlin (Newport County), open play, blocked 57’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 58’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 59’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 65’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 74’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 74’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 88’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 88’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 88’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Shane McLoughlin (Newport County), open play, blocked 1’ Bryn Morris (Newport County), open play, off target 5’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 10’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 14’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, off target 14’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, saved 22’ Will Evans (Newport County), open play, goal 27’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 33’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 33’ Sebastian Palmer-Houlden (Newport County), open play, off target 37’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 38’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, saved 38’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, hit the woodwork 50’ Omar Bogle (Newport County), open play, blocked 56’ Shane McLoughlin (Newport County), open play, blocked 57’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 58’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 59’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 65’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 74’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 74’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 88’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 88’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 88’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Shane McLoughlin (Newport County), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Davies
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Josef Yarney
90′ – – – – – – –
Connor Wood
90′ – – – – – – –
Robert Apter Taken off
67′ – – 3 – – – –
Brad Walker
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Kieron Morris
90′ 1 – 3 – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Kristian Dennis Taken off
90′ – – 2 – – –
Harvey Saunders Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Charlie Jolley Came on as a substitute
0′ – – – – – –
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

Tranmere Rovers win 41% Avg odds 2.28
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.42
Newport County win 32% Avg odds 2.96

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

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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.