2 saves, 1 high claim: United loanee puts in rock-solid display in dominant win

10/04/2024 10:00

Radek Vitek and Accrington Stanley came away from Rodney Parade with a 1-3 away win against Newport County yesterday.

His United teammates had already travelled to Newport at the end of January in a 2-4 win in the FA Cup fourth round.

Accrington had slightly less of the ball with 46% but dominated the chances, creating 18 to Newport’s eight.

The Welsh side only managed two shots on target, so it was a relatively quiet night for the United loanee.

The evening got off to a terrible start for Vitek however, as after only 13 minutes of play, Bryn Morris fired an unstoppable drive into the top left hand corner of the net, giving the 20 year old no chance.

From then on in, it was largely one-way traffic as Accrington answered with three goals to consolidate the points.

The Czech keeper put in a wonderful performance at the weekend, keeping the clean sheet and he followed up the showing with a solid, quiet night in Wales.

He was given a score of 6.5 from Sofascore, but this was largely down to the fact he wasn’t required to make any huge interventions for his team.

The giant keeper was called into action to make two routine saves and was able to alleviate pressure from his team by taking one high claim.

His passing accuracy was nothing to write home about as he only made 11 out of his 26 passes and connected with seven of his 22 long balls.

However, League Two is hardly famous for keeping the ball on the grass and putting together a string of twenty or thirty passes. Were the keeper playing at a higher level or in fact a more dominant team, you could expect these figures to rise sharply.

The win takes the Reds to 54 points and 17th place in the League Two table.

The result means that Vitek’s side are now 11 points above the drop zone and with four games remaining, only need a further two points to secure their safety in the football league.

They will try to earn these vital points away to Doncaster Rovers this coming Saturday.