Match Report
7 points and 8 places separated them: Newry City AFC 6th with 10, Armagh City 14th with 3. Per game in the league, Newry City AFC were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.83, Armagh City 0.83 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.71 goals per team per game.
Armagh City had gone 15 games without a win. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Newry City AFC against 2/15 for Armagh City.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Newry City AFC have 0 wins to Armagh City's 2, with 3 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 80% of the meetings.
Newry City AFC led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Newry City AFC: Ryan Swan (6'), Alex McAllster (87') · Armagh City: Odhran Smyth (62'), Leon Keogh (68')
Key stats
Possession: Newry City AFC 47% · Armagh City 53% · Total shots: 19-9 · On target: 8-3 · Corners: 7-3