Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Newport County

Newport County beat Plymouth Argyle 2-0 at home in the corresponding fixture on Boxing Day 2014

Newport County moved into the League Two play-off places after a 0-0 draw away at promotion rivals Plymouth Argyle.

The Pilgrims also gained ground on the top seven, moving up to eighth, just one point behind the Exiles.

Newport's Mark Byrne and Ismail Yakubu had first-half efforts on goal saved by Plymouth goalkeeper Luke McCormick.

County keeper Joe Day was also in action, saving attempts by Argyle's Jason Banton and Bobby Reid.

Newport County manager Jimmy Dack told BBC Radio Wales:

"We set them out the same way we normally do but for whatever reason everyone has had a little blip.

"We've had two tough away games and we've been better on the road this season albeit the last two games.

"We didn't perform today and we didn't perform at Cambridge so we've got to dust ourselves down and get back winning when we get back home."

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Line-ups

Plymouth

• 23McCormick
• 5Nelson
• 16McHugh
• 29Hartley
• 2Mellor
• 17Reid
• 19O'ConnorSubstituted forBlizzardat 82'minutes
• 21LeeSubstituted forBantonat 82'minutes
• 13Holmes-DennisBooked at 28mins
• 7Alessandra
• 9Reid

Substitutes

• 1Bittner
• 3Purrington
• 6Norburn
• 8Banton
• 11Blizzard
• 14Harvey
• 28Brunt

Newport

• 30Day
• 6YakubuBooked at 61mins
• 5Jones
• 13SandellBooked at 23mins
• 2Jackson
• 4Porter
• 33Byrne
• 8MinshullSubstituted forChapmanat 45'minutes
• 18Klukowski
• 10O'ConnorSubstituted forJeffersat 73'minutes
• 20StoreySubstituted forZebroskiat 62'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Chapman
• 11Zebroski
• 14Jeffers
• 24Parker
• 25Stephens
• 27Tutonda
• 31Parselle

Referee:

Charles Breakspear

Attendance:

6,847

Match Stats

Home TeamPlymouthAway TeamNewport

Possession

Home39%

Away61%

Shots

Home9

Away7

Shots on Target

Home3

Away2

Corners

Home6

Away6

Fouls

Home11

Away20

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 0, Newport County 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 0, Newport County 0.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt missed. Shaun Jeffers (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Andy Sandell.

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Bobby Reid (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Chris Zebroski (Newport County) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.

Posted at 85'

Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Andy Sandell (Newport County).

Posted at 84'

Jason Banton (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Mark Byrne (Newport County).

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Jason Banton (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Jason Banton replaces Olly Lee.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Dominic Blizzard replaces Anthony O'Connor.

Posted at 81'

Olly Lee (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Chris Zebroski (Newport County).

Posted at 80'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Carl McHugh.

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Yan Klukowski (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle).

Posted at 78'

Andy Sandell (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Joe Day.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Bobby Reid (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Newport County. Shaun Jeffers replaces Aaron O'Connor.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Ismail Yakubu.

Posted at 69'

Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Ryan Jackson (Newport County).

Posted at 68'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Darren Jones.

Posted at 67'

Attempt blocked. Reuben Reid (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 65'

Peter Hartley (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Chris Zebroski (Newport County).

Posted at 64'

Anthony O'Connor (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Mark Byrne (Newport County).

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Newport County. Chris Zebroski replaces Miles Storey.

Booking

Posted at 61'

Ismail Yakubu (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 61'

Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Ismail Yakubu (Newport County).

Posted at 58'

Attempt missed. Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.

Posted at 56'

Attempt missed. Bobby Reid (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 53'

Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Andy Sandell (Newport County).

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