Newport County 0-0 Crawley Town

Newport County had lost 4-1 at Crawley in October

Crawley Town ended a run of five defeats with a battling draw to frustrate hosts Newport County.

Exiles forward Padraig Amond came closest to scoring, dinking the ball over Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris only to shoot just over the crossbar.

The Irishman also had two good headed chances but each time his effort was too close to Morris.

Crawley appealed for a late penalty when Dominic Poleon went down, but referee Antony Coggins waved play on.

Newport County manager Mike Flynn said: "We kept a clean sheet and there's quite a few positives to build on. I think we were the only team to try and win it really.

"They came for the counter attack and they wanted to stop their rot and that's what they managed to do.

"But we missed too many chances in the second half."

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Newport

Formation 3-5-2

1Day

5Franks17Bennett28Demetriou

21Hornby-Forbes7Willmott22Crofts8Dolan3Butler

9Amond11Matt

• 1Day
• 5Franks
• 17Bennett
• 28Demetriou
• 21Hornby-ForbesSubstituted forM Harrisat 78'minutesBooked at 88mins
• 7Willmott
• 22CroftsSubstituted forO'Brienat 51'minutes
• 8DolanSubstituted forBakinsonat 56'minutes
• 3Butler
• 9Amond
• 11Matt

Substitutes

• 2Pipe
• 10Marsh-Brown
• 14M Harris
• 15Bakinson
• 16Sheehan
• 25O'Brien
• 30Townsend

Crawley

Formation 4-4-2

1Morris

14Francomb5McNerney6Connolly3Doherty

18Sesay4Payne21Bulman7Grego-Cox

10Poleon28Camara

• 1Morris
• 14Francomb
• 5McNerney
• 6Connolly
• 3Doherty
• 18Sesay
• 4Payne
• 21Bulman
• 7Grego-CoxSubstituted forGambinat 77'minutes
• 10Poleon
• 28Camara

Substitutes

• 11Gambin
• 12Mersin
• 15Nathaniel-George
• 16Maguire
• 17Allarakhia
• 33N'Gala

Referee:

Antony Coggins

Attendance:

3,166

Match Stats

Home TeamNewportAway TeamCrawley

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home8

Away4

Shots on Target

Home3

Away3

Corners

Home2

Away5

Fouls

Home11

Away14

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Newport County 0, Crawley Town 0.

2. 90'+5'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Newport County 0, Crawley Town 0.

3. 90'+5'

   Post update

   Foul by Tyreeq Bakinson (Newport County).

4. 90'+5'

   Post update

   George Francomb (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

5. 90'+4'

   Post update

   Robbie Willmott (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.

6. 90'+4'

   Post update

   Foul by David Sesay (Crawley Town).

7. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Scot Bennett.

8. 89'

   Post update

   Mark O'Brien (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

9. 89'

   Post update

   Foul by David Sesay (Crawley Town).

10. 88'

    Booking

    Mark Harris (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

11. 88'

    Post update

    Foul by Mark Harris (Newport County).

12. 88'

    Post update

    Panutche Camara (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

13. 85'

    Post update

    Tyreeq Bakinson (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

14. 85'

    Post update

    Foul by Dominic Poleon (Crawley Town).

15. 79'

    Post update

    Delay in match Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) because of an injury.

16. 78'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Newport County. Mark Harris replaces Tyler Hornby-Forbes.

17. 78'

    Post update

    Jamille Matt (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

18. 78'

    Post update

    Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).

19. 77'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Crawley Town. Luke Gambin replaces Reece Grego-Cox.

20. 68'

    Post update

    Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Joe McNerney.

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