Match ends, Newport County 1, Wycombe Wanderers 0.
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Scott Boden's 14th goal of the season eased Newport County's League Two relegation fears to dent Wycombe's play-off hopes.
Boden tapped home unmarked following good work from John-Christophe Ayina.
Wycombe came back strongly in the second half and debutant Rowan Liburd's effort rattled the Newport crossbar.
But Warren Feeney's side held on to secure their third successive home win to move 11 points clear of the relegation zone.
Wanderers are ninth and one point off the play-off spots following their second successive defeat.
Newport County manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales:
"It was a hard fought win. I told the players that it's not about performances, it's about results.
"Wycombe are very direct and get balls into the box but I thought we handled it very well and I'm pleased with the win.
"We're doing OK at the moment but we've got a lot of games coming up. We've just got to take each game at a time."
Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties:
"It's not a nice week with two away defeats, against Cambridge and this today.
"I thought we could nick something in the second half and get something from the game, but we didn't deserve to win.
"I thought the one bright spark was Rowan Liburd. He looks like he is going to score goals - he wants to shoot, he wants to turn defenders and get his shots away.
"I thought there were some individual battles lost today, some wrong decisions made. We all need to look inside ourselves, including me, to see what we could have done better and get it in place for next week. That is the only way you grow."
Line-ups
Newport
Formation 4-4-2
- 30Day
- 2Holmes
- 4JonesBooked at 69mins
- 12Donacien
- 16Hughes
- 23RodmanSubstituted forGoslingat 66'minutes
- 33Byrne
- 8KlukowskiBooked at 45mins
- 18Ayina
- 9Wilkinson
- 19BodenBooked at 71minsSubstituted forDaviesat 89'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Barrow
- 5Davies
- 15Green
- 17Morgan
- 20Owen-Evans
- 26Meechan
- 39Gosling
Wycombe
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Allsop
- 2JombatiBooked at 72minsSubstituted forBloomfieldat 74'minutes
- 6PierreBooked at 77mins
- 22McCarthy
- 3JacobsonBooked at 90mins
- 19Harriman
- 4McGinn
- 20O'Nien
- 11WoodSubstituted forThompsonat 45'minutes
- 9HayesSubstituted forUgwuat 82'minutes
- 12Liburd
Substitutes
- 5Stewart
- 7Thompson
- 10Bloomfield
- 13Richardson
- 15Sellers
- 17Kretzschmar
- 23Ugwu
- Referee:
- Michael Bull
- Attendance:
- 2,325
Match Stats
Home TeamNewportAway TeamWycombe
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away6
- Corners
- Home6
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Wycombe Wanderers 0.
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Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Newport County).
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Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Booking
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Ben Davies (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Joe Jacobson.
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Attempt blocked. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Mark Byrne (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Attempt saved. Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Ben Davies replaces Scott Boden.
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Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Newport County).
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Attempt missed. Scott Boden (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Gozie Ugwu (Wycombe Wanderers).
Substitution
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Gozie Ugwu replaces Paul Hayes.
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Conor Wilkinson (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
