MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon Town v Newport County

FULL-TIME: SWINDON TOWN 1-0 NEWPORT COUNTY

90' Harry Mckirdy dances inside the Newport half and eventually wins a free-kick as Ed Upson is shown a yellow card.

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80' Fisher with a weak header from the centre of the Swindon box that is straight into the hands of Ward.

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76' A goal line scramble eventually see's Ward claim the ball amidst a crowded penalty area. Swindon then attack with McKirdy picking up the ball on the edge of the box, Gilbert then receives the ball, he slips a pass-through to Mitchell-Lawson who then skips round the defence and fires a shot goalbound from close-range that Townsend somehow gets his hand to. Brilliant save from the keeper.

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74' Newport Sub

Off - Hylton

On - Hall

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67' Mitchell-Lawson is brought down inside the Newport box as he looks to round Missilou but despite it looking like an obvious penalty, the referee gives a goal-kick.

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65' Swindon piling on the pressure here with Newport restricted to their own half as Harry Parsons skips inside and fires a curling effort wide.

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61' Newport Sub

Off - Docan

On - Woodiwiss

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58' Newport Sub

Off - Abraham

On - Greenidge

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57' The goal came as Mitchell-Lawson's initial shot was saved well by Townsend but Lyden was on the scene to follow-up on the rebound.

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56' GOAL SWINDON

Jordan Lyden puts Swindon in the lead.

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54' Ward pulls off a sharp save at his near-post to deny Hylton from the edge of the Swindon box.

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52' Jermaine Hylton is shown a yellow card after bringing down Dabre 30 yards out from the Newport box. The free-kick is hit towards the back-post and comes to nothing.

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50' Swindon gift Newport a corner as Minturn boots his clearance over the head of Ward. The corner eventually results in another Newport corner that comes to nothing.

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49' Ellison heads wide from the centre of the Swindon box.

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48' Tonight's attendance is announced as 2125.

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47' Swindon win an early corner off Ward's goal-kick. The ball comes to Dabre on the edge of the box but his left-footed shot is well off target and into the Town End.

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The players are back out and we are nearly underway.

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HALF-TIME: Swindon Town 0-0 Newport County

45' Good save from Ward as Abrahams towers over Winchcombe to head on target. Ward reacted well and Newport have a corner as one minute of added time is awarded. The corner comes to nothing and Swindon have a goal-kick.

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39' Jayden Mitchell-Lawson looks set to open the scoring as Swindon break on the counter-attack. McKirdy gets to the edge of the box, he then looks for Mitchell-Lawson on the cutback however the ball is intercepted. Mitchell-Lawson then wins it back and shoots on the turn from six-yards out but pulls his shot wide.

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34' Newport win a corner. Captain Matt Docan puts a deep ball into the box and it's out for another corner. Ed Upson takes and Swindon clear.

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32' Gilbert twists and turns on the edge of the Newport box before shooting narrowly wide of the upright.

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23' Ellison wins the ball in midfield and shoots from long-range but his effort is well over the bar of Ward's goal.

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22' Kevin Ellison smashes a shot on target from the centre of the penalty box and it looks set to be a goal but Minturn gets his body in the way and blocks the attempt brilliantly.

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21' Swindon win a corner as Alex Gilbert's shot takes a deflection. The referee then shows Missilou a yellow card for a previous incident.

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18' Harrison Minturn is shown a yellow card for bringing down Timmy Abraham after the Newport attacker turned the Swindon defender and was pulled back.

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16' The referee has just pointed to the penalty spot as Jayden Mitchell-Lawson is deemed to have been brought down by the oncoming Newport keeper Nick Townsend. Referee James Oldham then changes his mind and hands the visitors a goal-kick.

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14' The cross was hit low towards the front post with Ellison getting a shot away but the ball bouncing back out into open play amidst a body of players. Swindon then re-organise and the danger is cleared.

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13' Newport win the first corner of the game as Ellisons half-hearted shot is blocked.

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11' Not much happening here, both teams are enjoying lots of the ball but both are also failing to do much with it. As I say that Jayden Mitchell-Lawson shoots goalbound but his effort takes a deflection and Newport clear.

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5' Jayden Mitchell-Lawson wins a foul for Swindon Town to the left of the Newport penalty box. The ball is whipped in by Hunt but the visitors clear with a towering header at the back-post.

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2' Early indications in this game show Swindon have lined up in a 3-4-1-2 formation with debutants Harrison Minturn and Callum Winchcombe lining up alongside the experienced Rob Hunt in defence.

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KICK-OFF: Newport get us underway in this cup game.

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The teams are out and we are almost ready to get underway here at the County Ground.

And here is how Newport County manager Michael Flynn lines his side up...

GK: N Townsend

R Haynes

E Upson

M Docan (C)

J Hylton

A Fisher

T Abraham

L COllins

K Ellison

C Missilou

H Bright

Swindon Town Head Coach Ben Garner has made ten changes to the side that beat Crewe Alexandra 3-0 in the FA Cup first round at the weekend with academy players Callum Winchcombe and Harrison Minturn making their debuts for the club. We aren't going to attempt to even try and predict the formation for Swindon tonight because quite simply we have no idea.

SWINDON TOWN XI

GK: L Ward

J Lyden (C)

H McKirdy

J Mitchell-Lawson

A Gilbert

R Hunt

R East

H Parsons

M Dabre

H Minturn

C Winchcombe

SUBS

S Mildenhall

D Gordon

L Francis

A Dworzak

H Fox

T Wynn-Davis

J Afenyo

So let's take a look at how the two very much changed sides line up...

So let's explain the circumstances surrounding tonight's cup game and the various outcomes.

Swindon Town have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the EFL Trophy and can top the group tonight that would ensure they play the quarter-final at home.

Newport County need to avoid defeat in order to qualify with a win seeing them top Group N and a draw taking the game to penalties seeing the Welsh side qualify in second place.

Good evening and thank you for joining us for tonight's Matchday Live commentary of this Papa Johns Trophy group stage game as Swindon Town host Newport County at the County Ground. Kick-off is at 7pm.