Southend United 0-0 Newport County

Robbie Willmott's woeful penalty miss cost Newport County victory against promotion-chasing Southend United.

The winger hit his second-half spot-kick yards wide of goal after Mark Phillips had brought down Ryan Burge.

Lee Barnard, saw his shot blocked in the first half, as did Harry Worley at the other end.

Will Atkinson headed against an Exiles post as Southend moved to within a point of League Two's top three.

Willmott had another chance to secure the points for the Welsh side, hitting keeper Daniel Bentley when clean through in injury time, as eighth-place County went a fifth game without a win

Phil Brown's Southend are now unbeaten in eight league games but missed the opportunity to climb into the automatic promotion spots before the rest of the weekend games.

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Line-ups

Southend

• 17Bentley
• 2White
• 3Coker
• 18Leonard
• 23Thompson
• 5Phillips
• 14Hurst
• 8TimlinSubstituted forCliffordat 75'minutes
• 10CorrSubstituted forStrakerat 45'minutes
• 39BarnardSubstituted forEastwoodat 61'minutes
• 12Atkinson

Substitutes

• 4Laird
• 7Eastwood
• 11Straker
• 16Clifford
• 21Payne
• 29Gomis
• 40Smith

Newport

• 1Pidgeley
• 2Pipe
• 12Willmott
• 19Naylor
• 22Worley
• 13Sandell
• 7ChapmanSubstituted forPorterat 71'minutes
• 8MinshullBooked at 90mins
• 14JeffersSubstituted forJolleyat 73'minutes
• 45Howe
• 15BurgeSubstituted forFlynnat 82'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Hughes
• 4Porter
• 17Flynn
• 18Jackson
• 21Anthony
• 23Jolley
• 25Stephens

Referee:

James Linington

Attendance:

5,993

Match Stats

Home TeamSouthendAway TeamNewport

Possession

Home47%

Away53%

Shots

Home10

Away8

Shots on Target

Home3

Away4

Corners

Home8

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away17

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Southend United 0, Newport County 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Southend United 0, Newport County 0.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt missed. Conor Clifford (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 90'+4'

Adam Thompson (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Michael Flynn (Newport County).

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

Lee Minshull (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 90'+2'

Conor Clifford (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Lee Minshull (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt saved. Christian Jolley (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 89'

Hand ball by Andy Sandell (Newport County).

Posted at 89'

Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Robbie Willmott (Newport County).

Posted at 87'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Max Porter.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Ryan Leonard.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Newport County. Michael Flynn replaces Ryan Burge because of an injury.

Posted at 79'

Attempt missed. Kevan Hurst (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Harry Worley.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Southend United. Conor Clifford replaces Michael Timlin.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Newport County. Christian Jolley replaces Shaun Jeffers.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Mark Phillips.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Newport County. Max Porter replaces Adam Chapman.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by David Pipe.

Posted at 66'

Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Leonard Pidgeley.

Posted at 66'

Attempt saved. Michael Timlin (Southend United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 64'

Foul by John White (Southend United).

Posted at 64'

Shaun Jeffers (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Southend United. Freddy Eastwood replaces Lee Barnard.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Michael Timlin (Southend United).

Posted at 59'

Ryan Burge (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 54'

Attempt saved. Harry Worley (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 53'

Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Robbie Willmott (Newport County).

Posted at 52'

Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Robbie Willmott (Newport County) right footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Robbie Willmott should be disappointed.

Posted at 51'

Penalty conceded by Mark Phillips (Southend United) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 51'

Penalty Newport County. Ryan Burge draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 50'

Attempt missed. Michael Timlin (Southend United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 47'

John White (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 47'

Foul by Shaun Jeffers (Newport County).

Posted at 47'

Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 47'

Foul by Robbie Willmott (Newport County).

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