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Match report
Football Elite
Division 4: Round 38 (setup 3, season 8)
Newport County
v.
Zenit
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY17Craig GORDON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathan BAKER727Nenad TOMOVIC
Ryan BERTRAND73Radek SIRL
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU84GUILHERME Milhomen Gusmão
James TOMKINS75Nicolas LOMBAERTS
Ciaran CLARK767Atanda YUSSUF Ayila
Jordan HENDERSON777Viktor FAYZULIN
George BOYD87Aleksei IONOV
Gary HOOPER96Oleg SAMSONOV
Tom CLEVERLEY106Alessandro ROSINA
Jay RODRIGUEZ11Danko LAZOVIC
James SmithManager
Christian ATSU Twasam12Michael LUMB
Karl DARLOW13Adam MATTHEWS
Liam MOORE14Deividas SEMBERAS
Danny INGS15Mark GONZÁLEZ
Jake LIVERMORE166Szabolcs HUSZTI

Newport County 1 Zenit 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 19,360, Stadium: Rodney Parade, Referee: Jan DAMGAARD 5)
38 CleverleyScorers60 Ionov
Substitutions83 Lombaerts <=> Huszti
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners10
4Fouls3
13Offsides2
8Shots on8
7Shots off3
15Total shots11
6Shots saved7
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
1A mix up in the Zenit defence enabled HOOPER to thump an effort just beyond the near post.
5RODRIGUEZ drilled a looping shot inches wide from thirty yards out.
8A strike from FAYZULIN held no problem for the 'keeper.
9A delightful strike from LAZOVIC was dealt with by a useful parry from MCCARTHY.
12LAZOVIC poked a simple chance past the far post.
14IONOV's shot beat MCCARTHY but rebounded off the Newport County upright.
16A neatly crafted cross from IONOV, was drove goalbound by FAYZULIN only for the Newport County 'keeper to claw away.
35A shot from SIRL was smothered by the Newport County 'keeper.
35BOYD beat SIRL and blasted the ball to CLEVERLEY who fired his shot wide.
37The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from BADU.
38GOAL!! A great solo effort from CLEVERLEY who beat two defenders before striking the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Newport County)
41A right foot shot from RODRIGUEZ was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
42A accurate pass fell to RODRIGUEZ and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
 
52HOOPER chipped the ball to RODRIGUEZ who touched it just beyond the near post.
55TOMOVIC rushed through the Newport County defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
60GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled IONOV to dribble through the Newport County defence and score. (1-1)
66A free-kick from LOMBAERTS flew wide.
71A weak strike from HOOPER bounced agonisingly wide.
72BOYD ran onto a great ball from BADU but hit his effort wide.
72HENDERSON's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
73A header by CLEVERLEY at the far post was easily collected by GORDON.
73ROSINA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
82RODRIGUEZ raced past YUSSUF but tapped the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
86FAYZULIN was put clear by ROSINA and he turned MCCARTHY but glanced his shot just wide.
90A great save prevented HOOPER from scoring an exceptional goal.
90+2RODRIGUEZ's header was well saved by the 'keeper.