Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Stevenage (2nd, 85 pts) and Newport County (15th, 57 pts). On the form table Newport County stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Newport County were scoring 1.15 and conceding 1.22, Stevenage 1.33 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 5 Newport County wins, 7 for Stevenage, 4 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
The venue was Rodney Parade in Casnewyd, with room for 7,850 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.