Newport County 1-4 Forest Green Rovers

Dan Butler is sent off for Newport

George Williams hit a hat-trick as Forest Green won at Newport.

Williams put Rovers ahead after three minutes, then Tahvon Campbell added a second but Padraig Amond got one back with a late first-half penalty.

Dan Butler's red card early in the second half gave Rovers the numerical advantage. And Williams made sure it was double punishment for Newport when he found the top corner from 30 yards.

Williams then curled in a shot into after playing a one-two with Campbell.

That earned him the match ball as well as keeping Forest Green seventh in League Two, while Newport drop three places to 11th.

Newport County manager Mike Flynn told BBC Sport Wales:

"We changed some of the preparations because we haven't been starting right but it didn't matter we started poorly, we are not good enough to keep coming from behind.

"We got a lifeline and then we were down to 10 men then they put another free kick went in the top corner and they dominated afterwards."

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Line-ups

Newport

• 1Day
• 5Franks
• 17BennettBooked at 33mins
• 28Demetriou
• 2PipeBooked at 40mins
• 8DolanSubstituted forO'Brienat 60'minutes
• 15Bakinson
• 4LabadieSubstituted forWillmottat 8'minutes
• 3ButlerBooked at 51mins
• 9Amond
• 11MattSubstituted forSemenyoat 80'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Willmott
• 10Marsh-Brown
• 14M Harris
• 16Sheehan
• 25O'Brien
• 30Townsend
• 42Semenyo

Forest Green

• 13Montgomery
• 6Rawson
• 19McGinleySubstituted forCollinsat 75'minutes
• 16Gunning
• 2Shephard
• 10Brown
• 7Winchester
• 4James
• 23Mills
• 11WilliamsSubstituted forGrubbat 62'minutes
• 14CampbellSubstituted forReidat 72'minutes

Substitutes

• 5Collins
• 8Grubb
• 18Archibald
• 21Worthington
• 22Morris
• 24Thomas
• 26Reid

Referee:

John Busby

Attendance:

4,203

Match Stats

Home TeamNewportAway TeamForest Green

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home13

Away10

Shots on Target

Home3

Away7

Corners

Home8

Away3

Fouls

Home11

Away7

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Newport County 1, Forest Green Rovers 4.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Forest Green Rovers 4.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Fraser Franks.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Fraser Franks.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt saved. David Pipe (Newport County) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top right corner.

Posted at 88'

Attempt saved. Dayle Grubb (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Scot Bennett (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 83'

Foul by David Pipe (Newport County).

Posted at 83'

Tahvon Campbell (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Newport County. Antoine Semenyo replaces Jamille Matt.

Posted at 79'

Attempt missed. Padraig Amond (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Joseph Mills.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Mickey Demetriou (Newport County).

Posted at 78'

Lee Collins (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Robbie Willmott (Newport County).

Posted at 77'

Dayle Grubb (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Lee Collins replaces Nathan McGinley.

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Reuben Reid (Forest Green Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Nathan McGinley.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Mark O'Brien (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 72'

Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Reuben Reid replaces Tahvon Campbell.

Posted at 71'

Robbie Willmott (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Lloyd James (Forest Green Rovers).

Posted at 70'

Attempt saved. Reece Brown (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Tyreeq Bakinson (Newport County).

Posted at 66'

Lloyd James (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Dayle Grubb replaces George Williams.

Posted at 62'

Attempt missed. Gavin Gunning (Forest Green Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Newport County. Mark O'Brien replaces Matthew Dolan.

Goal!

Posted at 57'

Goal! Newport County 1, Forest Green Rovers 4. George Williams (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reece Brown.

Posted at 56'

Jamille Matt (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Joseph Mills (Forest Green Rovers).

Posted at 55'

Attempt missed. Jamille Matt (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 55'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Gavin Gunning.

Posted at 55'

Attempt blocked. Tyreeq Bakinson (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 54'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Nathan McGinley.

Goal!

Posted at 52'

Goal! Newport County 1, Forest Green Rovers 3. George Williams (Forest Green Rovers) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

Dismissal

Posted at 51'

Dan Butler (Newport County) is shown the red card.

Posted at 51'

Foul by Dan Butler (Newport County).

Posted at 51'

George Williams (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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