Newport County 1-1 Oxford United

Medy Elito fired Newport level with his first goal for the club

Oxford's League Two promotion push continued to stutter as Newport County ended a run of six successive defeats.

Former Aston Villa striker Jordan Bowery had given Oxford an early lead with a close-range left-foot strike.

But County were level within a minute as Medy Elito's long-range shot beat Liechtenstein goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel for his first goal this season.

County kept out dominant Oxford, who drop to third, having won just once in five league games.

Newport, however, are still not completely clear of relegation as York's shock win against play-off chasing Portsmouth means the Welsh side are nine points above the drop zone with three games remaining.

Warren Feeney's men, though, have a better goal difference by 11 and need just one more point to guarantee survival.

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Line-ups

Newport

• 30Day
• 16Hughes
• 4Jones
• 5Davies
• 2HolmesBooked at 52mins
• 8KlukowskiSubstituted forO'Sullivanat 20'minutesBooked at 68mins
• 33Byrne
• 7Elito
• 3Barrow
• 19Boden
• 10John-Lewis

Substitutes

• 9Coulibaly
• 15Green
• 17Morgan
• 20Owen-Evans
• 21Partridge
• 23Rodman
• 28O'Sullivan

Oxford Utd

• 13Buchel
• 16Kenny
• 33Dunkley
• 6Wright
• 36EvansSubstituted forRuffelsat 45'minutes
• 29BowerySubstituted forWaringat 78'minutes
• 8Sercombe
• 18LundstramSubstituted forAshbyat 61'minutes
• 28Maguire
• 10Hylton
• 31Roberts

Substitutes

• 1Slocombe
• 4Roofe
• 5Mullins
• 7Waring
• 14Ruffels
• 17Giles
• 24Ashby

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

2,847

Match Stats

Home TeamNewportAway TeamOxford Utd

Possession

Home43%

Away57%

Shots

Home6

Away7

Shots on Target

Home4

Away3

Corners

Home9

Away2

Fouls

Home5

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Newport County 1, Oxford United 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Oxford United 1.

Posted at 90'

Foul by James Roberts (Oxford United).

Posted at 90'

Ben Davies (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Josh Ruffels.

Posted at 86'

Attempt blocked. Medy Elito (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Cheyenne Dunkley.

Posted at 84'

Attempt blocked. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Benji Büchel.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Mark Byrne (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Liam Sercombe (Oxford United).

Posted at 82'

Scott Boden (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Oxford United. George Waring replaces Jordan Bowery.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jake Wright.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Jake Wright.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Danny Hylton (Oxford United).

Posted at 73'

Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Jonjoe Kenny (Oxford United).

Posted at 72'

Scott Barrow (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. James Roberts (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 68'

Danny Hylton (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Tommy O'Sullivan (Newport County).

Booking

Posted at 68'

Tommy O'Sullivan (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Oxford United. Josh Ashby replaces John Lundstram.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Chris Maguire (Oxford United).

Posted at 60'

Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 59'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by John Lundstram.

Posted at 55'

Josh Ruffels (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Tommy O'Sullivan (Newport County).

Posted at 55'

Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).

Posted at 55'

Mark Byrne (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 54'

Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).

Posted at 54'

Andrew Hughes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 53'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Joe Day.

Posted at 53'

Attempt saved. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.

Booking

Posted at 52'

Danny Holmes (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 52'

Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 52'

Foul by Danny Holmes (Newport County).

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Newport County 1, Oxford United 1.

Substitution

Posted at 45'

Substitution, Oxford United. Josh Ruffels replaces Jordan Evans.

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