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."

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Line-ups

Newport

• 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

• 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

Posted at

Match ends, Newport County 0, Crawley Town 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

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

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Tyreeq Bakinson (Newport County).

Posted at 90'+5'

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

Posted at 90'+4'

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

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by David Sesay (Crawley Town).

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Scot Bennett.

Posted at 89'

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

Posted at 89'

Foul by David Sesay (Crawley Town).

Booking

Posted at 88'

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

Posted at 88'

Foul by Mark Harris (Newport County).

Posted at 88'

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

Posted at 85'

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

Posted at 85'

Foul by Dominic Poleon (Crawley Town).

Posted at 79'

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

Substitution

Posted at 78'

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

Posted at 78'

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

Posted at 78'

Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).

Substitution

Posted at 77'

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

Posted at 68'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Joe McNerney.

Posted at 65'

Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 65'

Foul by David Sesay (Crawley Town).

Posted at 62'

Attempt missed. Fraser Franks (Newport County) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.

Posted at 61'

Tyler Hornby-Forbes (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Josh Doherty (Crawley Town).

Posted at 60'

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

Posted at 60'

Foul by George Francomb (Crawley Town).

Posted at 59'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 58'

Delay in match Robbie Willmott (Newport County) because of an injury.

Substitution

Posted at 56'

Substitution, Newport County. Tyreeq Bakinson replaces Matthew Dolan.

Posted at 53'

Matthew Dolan (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Dannie Bulman (Crawley Town).

Posted at 52'

Attempt missed. Tyler Hornby-Forbes (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a fast break.

Posted at 52'

Attempt saved. Panutche Camara (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 51'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Mickey Demetriou.

Substitution

Posted at 51'

Substitution, Newport County. Mark O'Brien replaces Andrew Crofts.

Posted at 50'

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

Posted at 50'

Foul by Dannie Bulman (Crawley Town).

Posted at 47'

David Sesay (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 47'

Foul by Jamille Matt (Newport County).

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