Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Newport County 1.
CheltenhamCheltenham Town0NewportNewport County1
Newport overcame a battling Cheltenham side to rise to fifth place in League Two after Chris Zebroski's first-half strike against his former club.
Zebroski, 28, scored his seventh of the season, and his second in two days, with a 20-yard shot on 11 minutes.
Defender Ismail Yakubu nearly doubled County's advantage, but his second-half header was cleared off the line.
Cheltenham applied plenty of pressure but drop to 19th in the table ahead of their trip to Oxford on Saturday.
Cheltenham Town manager Paul Buckle told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"I'm absolutely gutted. I thought we were very good considering the two players that had come out the team.
"It was everything I wanted from a performance although I'm obviously disappointed with the goal.
"I thought this was a totally different Cheltenham team to what I took over.
"I was really proud of them but I'm just gutted we didn't get a minimum of a point."
Newport manager Justin Edinburgh:
"We rode our luck slightly in the first half, but we were resilient second half.
"You've got to come away from home, keep clean sheets, then you've always got a chance of winning a game and the goal that won it was a very good finish.
"We're not always going to be able to play free-flowing football away from home, but the way we defended and the work rate was immense.
"I certainly felt that, once we got a grip of their system a little bit in the first half, we were good in the second half."
Line-ups
Cheltenham
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Carson
- 2Vaughan
- 15Deaman
- 5Brown
- 3Braham-Barrett
- 19Sterling-James
- 7Ferdinand
- 8Richards
- 17Kotwica
- 21Williams
- 10GornellSubstituted forDaleat 86'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Harrison
- 11Haworth
- 12Gould
- 18Black
- 22Dale
- 23Bowen
- 33Reynolds
Newport
Formation 3-5-2
- 25Stephens
- 5JonesBooked at 65mins
- 6YakubuBooked at 84mins
- 26PooleSubstituted forHoweat 45'minutes
- 2JacksonBooked at 38mins
- 7ChapmanBooked at 57minsSubstituted forFlynnat 87'minutes
- 18Klukowski
- 33Byrne
- 13SandellBooked at 26mins
- 11Zebroski
- 14JeffersSubstituted forPorterat 71'minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Pidgeley
- 4Porter
- 8Minshull
- 9Howe
- 17Flynn
- 23Jolley
- 28Crow
- Referee:
- Iain Williamson
- Attendance:
- 3,417
Match Stats
Home TeamCheltenhamAway TeamNewport
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away5
- Corners
- Home5
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away15
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Newport County 1.
Booking
Max Porter (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
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Omari Sterling-James (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Max Porter (Newport County).
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Bobbie Dale (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Yan Klukowski (Newport County).
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Michael Flynn replaces Adam Chapman.
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Omari Sterling-James (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Substitution
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Bobbie Dale replaces Terry Gornell.
Booking
Ismail Yakubu (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
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Kane Ferdinand (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ismail Yakubu (Newport County).
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Ismail Yakubu.
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Attempt blocked. Omari Sterling-James (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Craig Braham-Barrett (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yan Klukowski (Newport County).
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Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution
Substitution, Newport County. Max Porter replaces Shaun Jeffers.