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Commentary
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Newport County 'keeper.
McEACHRAN stepped inside AJAYI but drove the ball into the arms of WARD.
15¹ZAKARIA booked.
17¹A shot from BACUNA was smothered by the 'keeper.
18¹The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from ARMSTRONG.
19¹ZAKARIA stormed through the Newport County defence but shot straight at WARD.
20¹SAIVET made space on the left and knocked the ball to JAMES who rasped the ball wide.
24¹GOLLINI was able to claw away a poor shot from DOGUKAN.
26¹A lovely effort from McEACHRAN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
27¹A penalty box scramble resulted in VASSILEV tapping the ball wide.
28¹A strike from ARMSTRONG held no problem for WARD.
29¹GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by JAMES. (1-0 Newport County)
34¹A header by HØJBJERG at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
34¹A free-kick from LONGELO floated just beyond the near post.
35¹AJAYI headed inches over.
36¹BUREY chipped the ball to ARMSTRONG who fired it inches wide.
37¹A clumsy tackle on BACUNA by AZPILICUETA results in a booking.
40¹AJAYI waltzed round HØJBJERG and poked a tame shot past the post.
43¹A pin-point pass found ARMSTRONG and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
45¹AJAYI nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
A drive from ROBERTS seemed a certain goal but the Birmingham City 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
11²Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled HEDGES to fire an effort just beyond the near post.
20²JAMES ran onto a delightful ball from DOGUKAN but fired his shot wide of the goal.
26²A poor strike from VASSILEV rolled agonisingly wide.
36²ROBERTS's shot was well held by GOLLINI.
45²GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled VASSILEV to dribble through the Newport County defence and score. (1-1)

 
Newport County
 
League position: -
Home league form: LWLW
Overall league form: LLXWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Danny WARD1Pierluigi GOLLINI
(c)Leandro BACUNA2Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Lukas ENGEL3Emmanuel LONGELO
Henri SAIVET4Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Semi AJAYI5Luke McNALLY
Ben NELSON6Tin PLAVOTIC
DOGUKAN Sinik7Tyler BUREY
Daniel JAMES8Indiana VASSILEV
(p)Tyler ROBERTS9Sinclair ARMSTRONG(p)
(f)Ryan HEDGES10Denis ZAKARIA(f)
Conor WASHINGTON11Josh McEACHRAN
Manager
Rhys WILLIAMS  12  Jordan GRAHAM
Tim KRUL  13  Maduka OKOYE
Morgan FOX14  Nico GORDON
Jonny SMITH  15  Marc ROBERTS
Jordan WILLIAMS  16Harlee DEAN
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 12
Away league form: XLXW
Overall league form: XWLWOXXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Newport County 1 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 5,356, Stadium: Rodney Parade, Referee: Rob Styles 6)

James 29¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Vassilev 45²
EngelóFox 13²ArmstrongóDean 21²
  
 Zakaria 15¹, Azpilicueta 37¹
48
25
812
57
66
1113
46
49%51%
Man of the match: Denis Zakaria