League Two
Northampton Town – Newport County match report
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Northampton Town left it late to beat Newport County 1-0, with Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh the match-winner. The half-time score was 0-0. Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh was our player of the match, rated 8.2 by the ScoreMondo model for Northampton Town. Saturday 5 September, Sixfields Stadium (Northampton): Northampton Town against Newport County in the League Two, kick-off 15:00.
The story of the match
Half-time: 0-0 between Northampton Town and Newport County.
Northampton Town took the lead in the 87th minute through Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh.
The statistics
Booked for Northampton Town: Matty Warhurst (60'), Joe Wormleighton (71') and Logan Briggs (93'). Newport County's yellow cards went to Matthew Max Dibley-Dias in the 31st minute and Cameron Evans in the 86th minute.
Ratings and substitutions
Behind him, Ciaran Brennan at 8.0, Joe Wormleighton at 7.8 and Jon Guthrie at 7.7 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Northampton Town made 4 changes: Logan Briggs for Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (55'), Matty Warhurst for Sam Chambers (55'), Owen Dale for Nathaniel Opoku (79') and Sam Hoskins for Harvey Saunders (79'). From the Newport County bench came Tanatswa Nyakuhwa on 64 minutes, Joe Thomas on 70 minutes, Cameron Evans on 83 minutes and Michael Adu-Poku on 83 minutes, among 5 changes.
How they came into it
A. Young was the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards per match across 37 matches in our records.
Coming up
Northampton Town's next match is away to Salford City on 14 November. Newport County visit Crewe Alexandra next, on 14 November in the League Two.
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