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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 16 (setup 3, season 11)
Newport County
v.
Celtic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Allan McGREGOR16Artur BORUC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
James TOMKINS26José Ángel Valdés Díaz, COTE
Ryan BERTRAND83Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón
Tom CLEVERLEY46Steven DEFOUR
Ciaran CLARK857Thomas ROGNE
Paul DUMMETT76Scott BROWN
Matt PHILLIPS77Connor OLIVER
André AYEW786Juan Manuel ITURBE Arévalos
Jordan RHODES89Djibril CISSÉ
Jake LIVERMORE7106KI Sung-yueng
Jay RODRIGUEZ11Robbie KEANE
Manager
Cauley WOODROW12Papiss CISSÉ
Alex McCARTHY13Peniel MLAPA
Liam MOORE7146Aiden McGEADY
Jamaal LASCELLES15Paul KONCHESKY
Frank ACHEAMPONG716David TEMPLETON

Newport County 1 Celtic 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 19,334, Stadium: Rodney Parade, Referee: Jan DAMGAARD 5½)
24 RodriguezScorers33 Iturbe, 73 Cissé
55 Rodriguez <=> Acheampong, 68 Tomkins <=> MooreSubstitutions73 Oliver <=> Mlapa, 80 Rogne <=> McGeady
Sendings off
Bookings52 Defour
1Corners2
2Fouls15
2Offsides0
5Shots on3
7Shots off6
12Total shots9
4Shots saved1
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Ryan BERTRAND
3AYEW snapped at an easy chance.
5RHODES beat IZAGUIRRE and placed the ball to AYEW who fired his shot wide.
17A left foot effort from LIVERMORE was pushed over by the Celtic 'keeper.
19RODRIGUEZ worked the ball to LIVERMORE, PHILLIPS latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of BORUC.
24GOAL!! A tackle from OLIVER gave Newport County a free-kick twenty-five yards out which RODRIGUEZ slammed past the Celtic 'keeper. (1-0 Newport County)
28A free-kick from ITURBE went just beyond the far post.
33GOAL!! Some patient work by KI on the left, left ITURBE yards clear, and he raced past the Newport County 'keeper and thundered the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1)
36ITURBE headed inches over.
40AYEW rattled a simple chance past the near post.
42Uncertainty in the Newport County defence enabled KEANE to blast the ball over.
 
49A poor shot from AYEW trickled agonisingly wide.
50A penalty box scramble resulted in KI cracking a low shot over.
52The referee cautions DEFOUR.
56A fine ball from TOMKINS on the left fell to ACHEAMPONG who sliced his effort over the bar.
57PHILLIPS's shot beat the Celtic 'keeper but rebounded off the Celtic upright.
62CLEVERLEY beat three Celtic players and stroked a shot over the bar.
64A refined cross from PHILLIPS, was shot goalbound by RHODES only for the Celtic 'keeper to claw away.
65PHILLIPS ran onto a great ball from AYEW but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
69An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of MCGREGOR by KEANE.
73GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to CISSÉ who knocked the ball into the net. (2-1 Celtic)
75KEANE floated the ball to CISSÉ who fired it wide.
87IZAGUIRRE headed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.