League position: 24th Mark O'Brien was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Scot Bennett was promoted to the starting XI so Newport County named only six of a possible seven substitutes.

2 Mansfield Town

Goals:

Krystian Pearce		17
Shaq Coulthirst	penalty	75

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jake Kean

Defender Rhys Bennett

Defender Mal Benning

Defender Lee Collins

Defender Krystian Pearce

Defender/Midfielder Ben Whiteman

Midfielder Joel Byrom

Midfielder CJ Hamilton

Midfielder Jamie McGuire

Forward Shaq Coulthirst

Forward Pat Hoban

Substitutions:

Scott Shearer for Jake Kean	40
Alex MacDonald for Jamie McGuire	73
Yoann Arquin for Pat Hoban	88

Cards:

Krystian Pearce	66	Y
Yoann Arquin	90	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Scott Shearer

Midfielder James Baxendale

Midfielder Alfie Potter

Midfielder/Forward Ashley Hemmings

Midfielder/Forward Alex MacDonald

Forward Yoann Arquin

Forward Matt Green

Comments:

League position: 8th

1 Newport County

Goals:

Ryan Bird

Starting lineup:

Joe Day Goalkeeper

Dan Butler Defender

Mickey Demetriou Defender

Ryan Bird Defender/Forward

Scot Bennett Defender/Midfielder

Darren Jones Defender/Midfielder

Michael Flynn Midfielder

Mitch Rose Midfielder

Jaanai Gordon-Hutton Forward

Craig Reid Forward

Alex Samuel Forward

Substitutions:

Paul Bignot for Michael Flynn	27
Josh Sheehan for Paul Bignot	80
Marlon Jackson for Craig Reid	85

Cards:

Mitch Rose	9	Y
Jaanai Gordon-Hutton	65	Y
Jaanai Gordon-Hutton	67	Y
Jaanai Gordon-Hutton	67	R
Ryan Bird	79	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper James Bittner

Defender Paul Bignot

Midfielder Josh Sheehan

Forward Marlon Jackson

Forward Tom Owen-Evans

Forward Aaron Williams

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