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Match report
Football Elite
Elite Cup: Round 2 (setup 3, season 12)
Helsingborg
v.
Newport County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
David DE GEA Quintana1Allan McGREGOR
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel WASS62James TOMKINS
Marcos Alberto ROJO38Ryan BERTRAND
Pontus WERNBLOOM74Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Simon KJÆR5Jamaal LASCELLES
Andreas CHRISTENSEN666Ciaran CLARK
Albin EKDAL7Tom CLEVERLEY
Christian ERIKSEN87André AYEW
DIEGO da Silva COSTA97Jordan RHODES
Markus HENRIKSEN710Frank ACHEAMPONG
Joshua KING11Matt PHILLIPS
Manager
Arber ZENELI12Nathan BAKER
Kasper SCHMEICHEL13Alex McCARTHY
Oscar WENDT714Robert SNODGRASS
Håvard NORDTVEIT15Liam MOORE
Jannik VESTERGAARD16Jake LIVERMORE

Helsingborg 2 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 34,761, Stadium: Olympia, Referee: Juan ANSUÁTEGUI ROCA 6½)
48 Eriksen, 55 Diego CostaScorers45+1 Bertrand
56 Wass <=> WendtSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners4
6Fouls6
4Offsides2
8Shots on3
10Shots off2
18Total shots5
5Shots saved1
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Ryan BERTRAND
3A perfect shot from DIEGO COSTA was dealt with by a good stop from MCGREGOR.
15A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Newport County 'keeper.
16The Newport County 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from DIEGO COSTA.
27MCGREGOR blocked a clever shot from EKDAL.
32WERNBLOOM made space on the left and dragged the ball to KING who fired the ball wide.
37A shot from RHODES seemed a certain goal but DE GEA managed to force the ball away.
40A tame shot from DIEGO COSTA bounced agonisingly wide.
41A lovely effort from ERIKSEN scraped the woodwork.
45+1GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by WERNBLOOM was drove into the back of the net by BERTRAND. (1-0 Newport County)
 
48A free-kick from ROJO flew just beyond the near post.
48GOAL!! A shot from ERIKSEN raced through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Newport County 'keeper. (1-1)
55GOAL!! A neat one-two left DIEGO COSTA clear and he made no mistake by cleverly drifting the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Helsingborg)
57WERNBLOOM beat TOMKINS and blasted the ball to EKDAL who fumbled his effort wide.
60The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from ERIKSEN.
69ERIKSEN was put clear by DIEGO COSTA and he stepped inside the Newport County 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
71A fine ball from HENRIKSEN on the left was collected by ERIKSEN who sliced his shot over the bar.
75WERNBLOOM brought the ball away from TOMKINS and flicked a tame shot past the post.
76A shot from RHODES was smothered by DE GEA.
77A penalty box scramble resulted in RHODES driving the ball wide.
78A strike from EKDAL held no problem for the 'keeper.
80The hapless MCGREGOR was a mere bystander as a backpass from BADU fell just over.
81PHILLIPS headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
89A cross from ERIKSEN left DIEGO COSTA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.