Match Report
8 points and 7 places separated them: Newry City AFC 8th with 12, Armagh City 15th with 4. Per game in the league, Newry City AFC were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.75, Armagh City 1 and 1.75, against a competition average of 1.67 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