Northampton Town 3-0 Newport County

Ryan Creswell of Northampton (R) celebrates his goal

Newport County dropped to sixth in League Two after their second heavy defeat in two games as Northampton recorded their third win in a row.

Cobblers defender Ryan Cresswell hit the crossbar in the first minute, before heading in Joel Byrom's corner.

Midfielder John-Joe O'Toole converted another Byrom set piece on 30 minutes.

Andy Sandell and Kevin Feely both had chances for County, but Lawson D'Ath's low drive completed the scoring for Northampton, who move up to 14th.

The Exiles, who were beaten 4-0 by Cambridge last weekend, host Shrewsbury Town next week, while Northampton travel to Accrington.

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Wilder on Northampton v Newport

Northampton Town manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Northampton:

"We created and drove the game forward. It was important we weathered their good spell after half-time.

"I can't really complain, it's been another excellent performance and everyone has contributed. We feel it is a deserved result.

"We want to make a quick start in games, and we have done."

Newport County assistant manager Jimmy Dack told BBC Radio Wales:

"Normally we're very good on set pieces but we conceded two, which was really disappointing on our behalf.

"We didn't perform today and we didn't perform at Cambridge, so [we need to] dust ourselves down and get back winning when we get back home.

"For whatever reason, everyone has a little blip."

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Line-ups

Northampton

• 1Duke
• 2Moloney
• 36CresswellBooked at 80mins
• 6Collins
• 3Horwood
• 19D'Ath
• 21Taylor
• 25Byrom
• 26HolmesSubstituted forHackettat 87'minutes
• 10O'TooleSubstituted forToneyat 66'minutes
• 9RichardsSubstituted forTozerat 84'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Carter
• 11Hackett
• 12Tozer
• 13Snedker
• 15Hornby
• 16Diamond
• 24Toney

Newport

• 30Day
• 3FeelySubstituted forParkerat 81'minutes
• 5Jones
• 6Yakubu
• 2Jackson
• 7Chapman
• 33Byrne
• 13SandellBooked at 51mins
• 14JeffersSubstituted forFlynnat 58'minutes
• 11Zebroski
• 9HoweSubstituted forO'Connorat 68'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Porter
• 8Minshull
• 10O'Connor
• 17Flynn
• 18Klukowski
• 24Parker
• 25Stephens

Referee:

Darren Deadman

Attendance:

4,226

Match Stats

Home TeamNorthamptonAway TeamNewport

Possession

Home57%

Away43%

Shots

Home13

Away9

Shots on Target

Home5

Away3

Corners

Home5

Away6

Fouls

Home10

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Northampton Town 3, Newport County 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

Second Half ends, Northampton Town 3, Newport County 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Ryan Cresswell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Chris Zebroski (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Ivan Toney (Northampton Town).

Posted at 90'+2'

Andy Sandell (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Ryan Cresswell (Northampton Town).

Posted at 90'

Chris Zebroski (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 89'

Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 88'

Chris Hackett (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Andy Sandell (Newport County).

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Northampton Town. Chris Hackett replaces Ricky Holmes.

Posted at 85'

Attempt saved. Ryan Jackson (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Northampton Town. Ben Tozer replaces Marc Richards.

Goal!

Posted at 82'

Goal! Northampton Town 3, Newport County 0. Lawson D'Ath (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 81'

Ricky Holmes (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Michael Flynn (Newport County).

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Newport County. Joe Parker replaces Kevin Feely.

Booking

Posted at 80'

Ryan Cresswell (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 79'

Attempt saved. Kevin Feely (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Ricky Holmes (Northampton Town).

Posted at 75'

Ryan Jackson (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Ivan Toney (Northampton Town).

Posted at 75'

Mark Byrne (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Lawson D'Ath.

Posted at 74'

Attempt blocked. Andy Sandell (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Ryan Cresswell.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.

Posted at 72'

Jason Taylor (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Adam Chapman (Newport County).

Posted at 71'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Ryan Cresswell.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Newport County. Aaron O'Connor replaces Rene Howe.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Michael Flynn (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Northampton Town. Ivan Toney replaces John-Joe O'Toole.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.

Posted at 59'

Marc Richards (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Kevin Feely (Newport County).

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Chris Zebroski (Newport County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 58'

Substitution, Newport County. Michael Flynn replaces Shaun Jeffers.

Posted at 57'

Lawson D'Ath (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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