Exeter City 0-0 Newport County: Stalemate keeps Exiles in play-off places
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Newport County remain in the League Two play-off places after a goalless draw with top-seven hopefuls Exeter City.
The Exiles came closest to finding a breakthrough as Lewis Collins' header was brilliantly saved by Jokull Andresson.
Exeter keeper Andresson also saved well from Josh Sheehan, while at the other end Jake Taylor shot wide and Ryan Bowman headed off target.
Newport stay seventh in the table, while Exeter drop a place to ninth.
Salford's win over Mansfield means they climb to eighth, just a point behind Mike Flynn's Newport with three regular-season games to play.
An Exeter win over Newport would have seen them climb into the top seven at the expense of the Welsh club, but they remain three points adrift.
Newport manager Mike Flynn:
"I thought we were the better team today. We played really well.
"A little bit of quality in the final third, we win the game - we should have won the game.
"That's three good performances now on the spin. Hopefully we are hitting form at the right time.
"It's still in our hands. We have got to try to win a couple of games now."