Exeter City 2-0 Newport County

Ismail Yakubu (r) and Craig Woodman battle for possession

Exeter boosted their League Two play-off hopes as David Wheeler's late goal and Ryan Harley's penalty saw off rivals Newport County.

The Grecians followed Good Friday's 2-0 win over Luton to move just one point behind Newport who slip to seventh.

Wheeler came off the bench to make his mark, beating Day after Clinton Morrison's through ball.

Ismail Yakubu was sent off for bringing down Wheeler, and Harley fired into the bottom right-hand corner from the spot.

Exeter remain 10th in the table with just five games to go.

Newport County manager Jimmy Dack told BBC Radio Wales: "Up until the goal we completely controlled the game. We've had four or five one on ones. We're going to look back on that one and say we probably let it slip because we came here and controlled the game but we just lost a bit of concentration, lost possession in a stupid area. We're really disappointed."

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Line-ups

Exeter

• 21Hamon
• 11Davies
• 6Ribeiro
• 15Moore-Taylor
• 14McAllisterSubstituted forWoodmanat 10'minutes
• 7Sercombe
• 8Oakley
• 33HarleyBooked at 90mins
• 23NichollsSubstituted forWheelerat 67'minutes
• 31CumminsSubstituted forMorrisonat 68'minutes
• 16Holmes

Substitutes

• 2Butterfield
• 3Woodman
• 4Bennett
• 10Keohane
• 22Wheeler
• 30Pym
• 34Morrison

Newport

• 30Day
• 18Klukowski
• 26Poole
• 5Jones
• 6YakubuBooked at 90mins
• 13Sandell
• 7ChapmanSubstituted forMinshullat 90+1'minutes
• 4Porter
• 33ByrneBooked at 3minsSubstituted forStoreyat 82'minutes
• 10O'Connor
• 14JeffersSubstituted forZebroskiat 66'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Feely
• 8Minshull
• 11Zebroski
• 17Flynn
• 20Storey
• 25Stephens
• 27Tutonda

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

4,478

Match Stats

Home TeamExeterAway TeamNewport

Possession

Home59%

Away41%

Shots

Home8

Away8

Shots on Target

Home4

Away3

Corners

Home4

Away5

Fouls

Home2

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Exeter City 2, Newport County 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Newport County 0.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Clinton Morrison (Exeter City).

Posted at 90'+5'

Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+5'

Liam Sercombe (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Lee Minshull (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+3'

Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Lee Minshull (Newport County).

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

Ryan Harley (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+1'

Goal! Exeter City 2, Newport County 0. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+1'

Substitution, Newport County. Lee Minshull replaces Adam Chapman.

Dismissal

Posted at 90'

Ismail Yakubu (Newport County) is shown the red card for a bad foul.

Posted at 89'

Penalty Exeter City. David Wheeler draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 89'

Penalty conceded by Ismail Yakubu (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Newport County. Miles Storey replaces Mark Byrne.

Posted at 82'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Christian Ribeiro.

Goal!

Posted at 77'

Goal! Exeter City 1, Newport County 0. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 74'

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

Posted at 73'

Attempt saved. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Darren Jones.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Exeter City. Clinton Morrison replaces Graham Cummins.

Substitution

Posted at 67'

Substitution, Exeter City. David Wheeler replaces Alex Nicholls.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Newport County. Chris Zebroski replaces Shaun Jeffers.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Ismail Yakubu (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.

Posted at 61'

Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Shaun Jeffers (Newport County).

Posted at 58'

Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 50'

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

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Exeter City 0, Newport County 0.

Half Time

Posted at 45'+3'

First Half ends, Exeter City 0, Newport County 0.

Posted at 45'+2'

Yan Klukowski (Newport County) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Posted at 45'

Attempt saved. Aaron O'Connor (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 44'

Attempt saved. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 43'

Attempt missed. Graham Cummins (Exeter City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 42'

Attempt saved. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 37'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Craig Woodman.

Posted at 33'

Foul by Ryan Harley (Exeter City).

Posted at 33'

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

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