Bristol Rovers - Newport County

Logo Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
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League Two Season 2026 - Round 2
5 - 3
Finished
Referee: S. Mather
Logo Newport County
Newport County
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Result

Ball possession

64%
36%

Timeline

1'
0-1
Harrison Biggins
Clinton Mola
8'
Ben Purrington
1-1
45'
Fabrizio cavegn
2-1
53'
Lee Jenkins
3-1 OG
57'
61'
3-2
Player unknown
74'
Christian Doidge (out)
Dan Sassi (in)
74'
Thomas Davies (out)
(in)
74'
Cameron James Evans (out)
Matthew Smith (in)
Bobby Kamwa
4-2
74'
Bobby Kamwa
75'
76'
Ciaran Brennan
Bobby Kamwa (out)
Jack Aitchison (in)
79'
Thomas James (out)
Richard Smallwood (in)
85'
Shaqai Forde (out)
Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (in)
85'
85'
Yahya Bamba (out)
(in)
Tommy Leigh (out)
Ellis Harrison (in)
87'
90'
4-3
Player unknown
Fabrizio cavegn
5-3
90'
90+6'
Harrison Biggins (out)
Keenan Patten (in)

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 Bristol Rovers 1.69 1.67 1.67 1.70 1.67 1.65 1.67 1.70 1.65 1.68 1.55 1.68 1.61 1.67
X Draw 3.80 3.95 3.75 3.50 3.70 3.90 3.80 3.85 3.95 4.08 3.46 3.75 3.65 3.75
2 Newport County 4.70 4.52 4.50 5.00 4.90 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.55 4.79 4.35 4.75 4.75 4.50

Previous confrontations (H2H)

4 Bristol Rovers
1 Draw
3 Newport County
63% Over 2.5 goals
63% Both teams scored
3.3 Goals per match
Logo Bristol Rovers 2 | Logo Newport County 1 Clean sheets
🔥 Bristol Rovers won the last 3 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: Bristol Rovers 3-0 Newport County (2026)
Most goals: Newport County 2-3 Bristol Rovers (2025)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
1.75
Logo Newport County
1.50
Goals in home matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
1.67
Logo Newport County
1.00
Goals in away matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
1.80
Logo Newport County
2.33
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Bristol Rovers and Newport County →
Walkover 🔥
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
3
Newport County
-
Newport County 2
0
Won 😎
Newport County
-
Newport County
2
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 3
3
Won 😎
Newport County
-
Newport County
0
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 2
1
Won 😀
Newport County
-
Newport County
1
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 3
0
Won 😎
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
1
Newport County
-
Newport County 4
3
Draw 🤔
Newport County
-
Newport County
1
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
1
Walkover 🔥
Newport County
-
Newport County
1
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
4
Walkover 🔥
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
1
Newport County
-
Newport County
4

Stats

Bristol Rovers
Newport County
9
Shots on goal
3
9
Shots off goal
5
26
Total shots
8
19
Shots inside box
6
7
Shots outside box
2
6
Fouls
8
11
Corners
1
3
Offsides
5
2
Yellow cards
1
367
Total passes
216
242
Passes success
102
66%
Passes %
47%
3.25
Expected goals (xG)
0.71

Stadion

Stadion name

Memorial Stadium

Capacity

11916

Address

Filton Avenue, Horfield
Bristol, Gloucestershire

table 2026

League Two
Team Pts
Salford City Salford City 22
Barnet Barnet 21
Crewe Crewe 21
York York 16
Walsall Walsall 16
Gillingham Gillingham 16
Chesterfield Chesterfield 15
Cheltenham Cheltenham 15
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 15
Accrington ST Accrington ST 14
Newport County Newport County 14
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 14
Rochdale Rochdale 14
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 14
Grimsby Grimsby 13
Exeter City Exeter City 13
Tranmere Tranmere 12
Swindon Town Swindon Town 12
Oldham Oldham 11
Colchester Colchester 11
Port Vale Port Vale 11
Northampton Northampton 10
Rotherham Rotherham 10
Crawley Town Crawley Town 5
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Steve Evans
1
Brad Young
2
Thomas James
4
Kofi Balmer
26
Riley Harbottle
14
Ben Purrington
6
Clinton Mola
22
Keenan Gough
7
Shaqai Forde
24
Tommy Leigh
10
Bobby Kamwa
29
Fabrizio cavegn
27
Christian Doidge
9
10
Harrison Biggins
20
Yahya Bamba
6
Ciaran Brennan
2
Cameron James Evans
3
Thomas Davies
4
Kyle Cameron
5
Lee Jenkins
22
Cameron Norman
1
Jordan Wright
Newport County — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Newport County
Coach: Hayden Mullins

Substitutes

Substitutes Bristol Rovers

Name Age Position
Ciaran Kelly 28 Defender
Richard Smallwood 35 Midfielder
Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 20 Midfielder
Jack Aitchison 26 Attacker
Ellis Harrison 32 Attacker
Joe Quigley 30 Attacker

Substitutes Newport County

Name Age Position
Jake Turner 27 Goalkeeper
Dan Sassi - Defender
Joe Thomas - Defender
Matthew Smith 26 Midfielder
Keenan Patten 25 Midfielder

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
29 Logo Bristol Rovers Fabrizio cavegn 9.5 90 Attacker 2 0 6 4 20 - 16 1 - - 19 7 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Bristol Rovers Bobby Kamwa 7.5 79 Midfielder 1 0 3 1 18 1 11 - - - 9 3 4 2 - 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Newport County Harrison Biggins 7.3 89 Midfielder 1 0 3 1 24 - 17 - 1 - 5 1 - - - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Newport County Christian Doidge 7.3 74 Attacker - 2 1 - 12 2 5 1 1 1 21 9 - - 1 - 0 0 3 - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Bristol Rovers Tommy Leigh 7.2 87 Midfielder - 0 1 - 45 4 33 1 - - 26 12 1 - - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Bristol Rovers Ellis Harrison (sub) 7.2 13 Attacker - 0 - - 5 1 4 - - - 5 5 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Bristol Rovers Ben Purrington 7.0 90 Defender 1 0 2 1 32 1 18 - - 1 13 8 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Bristol Rovers Keenan Gough 6.9 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 37 2 24 2 - 2 9 5 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Newport County Jordan Wright 6.9 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 39 - 14 - - - 2 1 - - - - 0 0 - 5 5 0 0 0
2 Logo Newport County Cameron James Evans 6.9 74 Midfielder - 0 - - 15 1 9 2 1 - 10 7 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Bristol Rovers Kofi Balmer 6.7 90 Defender - 0 - - 33 3 24 - - - 7 3 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Bristol Rovers Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (sub) 6.7 15 Midfielder - 1 1 1 2 1 2 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Bristol Rovers Thomas James 6.6 85 Defender - 1 - - 25 2 17 1 - - 6 5 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Bristol Rovers Jack Aitchison (sub) 6.5 11 Midfielder - 0 - - 6 - 4 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Newport County Ciaran Brennan 6.5 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 17 - 7 5 1 2 10 6 - - 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Bristol Rovers Richard Smallwood (sub) 6.3 15 Midfielder - 0 - - 6 1 6 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Newport County Yahya Bamba 6.3 85 Midfielder - 0 - - 9 - 2 2 - - 12 6 1 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Newport County Matthew Smith (sub) 6.3 16 Midfielder - 0 - - 7 - 5 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Bristol Rovers Riley Harbottle ©️ 6.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 36 - 24 1 - 1 14 9 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Bristol Rovers Clinton Mola 6.2 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 39 - 27 1 - 1 7 3 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Bristol Rovers Shaqai Forde 6.0 85 Midfielder - 0 4 1 25 2 14 - - 1 15 3 5 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Newport County Kyle Cameron ©️ 6.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 22 - 12 3 2 1 11 6 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Newport County Cameron Norman 5.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 19 1 6 3 1 1 12 8 1 - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Newport County Thomas Davies 5.9 74 Defender - 0 - - 5 - 3 2 - 1 12 6 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
34 Logo Newport County Dan Sassi (sub) 5.9 16 Defender - 0 - - 10 - 5 - - - 4 2 - - - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Bristol Rovers Brad Young 5.6 90 Goalkeeper - 1 - - 38 1 18 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 3 0 0 0
5 Logo Newport County Lee Jenkins 5.5 90 Defender - 0 - - 18 - 9 2 1 - 15 10 - - 2 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Bristol Rovers Ciaran Kelly (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Bristol Rovers Joe Quigley (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Newport County Keenan Patten (sub) - 1 Midfielder - 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Newport County Jake Turner (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Newport County Joe Thomas (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -