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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 26 (setup 3, season 14)
Espanyol
v.
Newport County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Gérman Darío LUX71Alex McCARTHY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA727James TOMKINS
Thomas VERMAELEN3Ryan BERTRAND
Joan VERDÚ Fernández48Jake LIVERMORE
Nicolas Martín PAREJA5Jamaal LASCELLES
Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas67Ciaran CLARK
Ben McKENNA67Tom CLEVERLEY
VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ Delgado788Matt PHILLIPS
Raúl TAMUDO Montero696Jordan RHODES
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales10André AYEW
Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI611Jay RODRIGUEZ
Manager
Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ12Nathan BAKER
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ13Karl DARLOW
Ben SAHAR14Adam ARMSTRONG
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN15Jamie PATERSON
Milos NINKOVIC16Frank ACHEAMPONG

Espanyol 1 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 33,452, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Oguz SARVAN 8)
6 VerdúScorers42 Rhodes
Substitutions
Sendings off
38 Juanmi, 85 Raúl BaenaBookings
2Corners6
20Fouls13
1Offsides1
2Shots on4
5Shots off8
7Total shots12
1Shots saved3
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Matt PHILLIPS
2A pin-point pass bobbled toward AYEW and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
6GOAL!! A tame shot from VERDÚ seemed to hold no problem for MCCARTHY but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (1-0 Espanyol)
8JUANMI was put clear by PAREJA and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
10A left foot shot from VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ was clawed past the post by MCCARTHY.
11A penalty box scramble resulted in RHODES driving a low shot wide.
13PHILLIPS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Espanyol upright.
30TOMKINS beat three Espanyol players and drove a great chance over.
35PAREJA blasted a right foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
38JUANMI booked.
42GOAL!! After being forced wide RHODES was able to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
 
46RHODES snapped at a simple chance.
49CLEVERLEY made space on the right and knocked the ball to TOMKINS who touched the ball wide.
57A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
57A cross from VERDÚ left VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
69VERMAELEN poked an easy chance past the near post.
71TOMKINS headed over.
72A free-kick from RODRIGUEZ flew over the bar.
81LUX saved a beautiful effort from RODRIGUEZ.
85A late challenge gets RAÚL BAENA a yellow card.
86AYEW beat RAÚL BAENA and drilled the ball to PHILLIPS who hit his shot wide.
90A poor shot from RAÚL BAENA trickled agonisingly wide.