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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 28 (setup 5, season 16)
Rotherham United
v.
Newport County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Kevin TRAPP17Joe DAY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom SMITH26Jazzi BARNUM-BOBB
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ3Mickey DEMETRIOU
Chris DAWSON47Mitch ROSE
Michael MADL56Scot BENNETT
Christian Chagas Tarouco, TÍTI766Darren JONES
Lukás MARECEK87Robbie WEIR
Simon DAWKINS886Olamide SHODIPO
Luciano Héctor BECCHIO896Marlon JACKSON
José Eduardo Bischofe de Almeida, ZÉ EDUARDO710Ryan BIRD
Ziguy BADIBANGA6115Craig REID
Manager
Peter ODEMWINGIE12Jamie TURLEY
Marcus SANDBERG13James BITTNER
Stephen KELLY14Dan BUTLER
Niklas HOHENEDER15Jack COMPTON
Jerome THOMAS16Sean RIGG

Rotherham United 3 Newport County 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 9,604, Stadium: New York, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7)
5 Becchio, 61 Marecek, 67 MarecekScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings84 Bennett
4Corners8
1Fouls16
9Offsides3
7Shots on1
10Shots off3
17Total shots4
4Shots saved1
62%Possession38%
Man of the match: Tom SMITH
2A wonderful save prevented BECCHIO from scoring an exceptional goal.
3BENNETT beat two Rotherham United players and thundered a golden opportunity just wide.
5GOAL!! A neat one-two left BECCHIO clear and he made no mistake by drifting the ball past the oncoming DAY. (1-0 Rotherham United)
7BADIBANGA beat DEMETRIOU and flicked the ball to DAWKINS who toe-poked his shot wide.
13A cross from MARECEK left DAWKINS in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
21An exceptional effort from BIRD scraped the woodwork.
24JONES stormed through the Rotherham United defence but shot straight at the Rotherham United 'keeper.
28DAWKINS was put clear by DAWSON and he pulled away from DAY but struck his shot inches over.
41A weak strike from DAWKINS bounced agonisingly wide.
 
48A twenty yard shot from BECCHIO caused DAY no problem.
52DAWKINS dribbled round BENNETT and stroked a tame shot over the bar.
61GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was cleverly thundered into the roof of the net by MARECEK. (2-0 Rotherham United)
65BECCHIO ran onto a wonderful ball from MARECEK but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.
67GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled MARECEK to slide the ball into the net. (3-0 Rotherham United)
68A corner was collected by JACKSON who forced an effort just beyond the far post.
71A free-kick from BADIBANGA raced over the bar.
71BADIBANGA floated the ball to MARECEK who flicked it just beyond the far post.
77MARECEK snapped at an easy chance.
78The stunned Newport County 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from WEIR dropped just over.
84The ref cautions BENNETT for violent conduct against DAWSON.
85A clever cross from MARECEK, was flicked goalbound by BECCHIO only for the Newport County 'keeper to block.
89The Newport County 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from DAWKINS.