League TwoEngland

Bristol Rovers vs Newport County

Bristol Rovers
5–3 Full time
Newport County

Regular Season - 2Saturday, 22 August 2026Memorial Stadium, Bristol

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Bristol Rovers 5–3 Newport County — League Two, Saturday, 22 August 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Match statistics

9 Shots on goal 3
26 Total shots 8
64% Possession 36%
367 Total passes 216
66% Pass accuracy 47%
11 Corner kicks 1
6 Fouls 8
2 Yellow cards 1

Timeline

  1. 1' H. Biggins Assist C. Doidge Newport County
  2. 8' C. Mola Yellow Card Bristol Rovers
  3. 14' S. Evans Yellow Card Bristol Rovers
  4. 45+1' B. Purrington Bristol Rovers
  5. 53' F. Cavegn Assist T. James Bristol Rovers
  6. 57' L. Jenkins Own goal Bristol Rovers
  7. 61' S. Gwengwe Assist C. Doidge Newport County
  8. 74' M. Smith off C. Evans Newport County
  9. 74' A. Merritt off T. Davies Newport County
  10. 74' D. Sassi off C. Doidge Newport County
  11. 74' B. Kamwa Assist B. Young Bristol Rovers
  12. 75' B. Kamwa Yellow Card Bristol Rovers
  13. 76' C. Brennan Yellow Card Newport County
  14. 79' J. Aitchison off B. Kamwa Bristol Rovers
  15. 85' R. Russell-Denny off S. Forde Bristol Rovers
  16. 85' R. Smallwood off T. James Bristol Rovers
  17. 85' C. Jarvis off Y. Bamba Newport County
  18. 87' E. Harrison off T. Leigh Bristol Rovers
  19. 90+1' C. Jarvis Assist A. Merritt Newport County
  20. 90+6' K. Patten off H. Biggins Newport County
  21. 90+9' F. Cavegn Assist R. Russell-Denny Bristol Rovers

Line-ups

Bristol Rovers

Steve Evans

Starting XI

  1. 1 Brad Young G
  2. 2 Tom James D
  3. 4 Kofi Balmer D
  4. 26 Riley Harbottle D
  5. 14 Ben Purrington D
  6. 6 Clinton Mola M
  7. 22 Keenan Gough M
  8. 7 Shaqai Forde M
  9. 24 Tommy Leigh M
  10. 10 Bobby Kamwa M
  11. 29 Fabrizio Cavegn F

Substitutes

  1. 11 Jack Aitchison M
  2. 21 Richard Smallwood M
  3. 8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny M
  4. 19 Ellis Harrison F
  5. 32 Charlie Binns G
  6. 17 Ciaran Kelly D
  7. 9 Joe Quigley F

Newport County

Hayden Mullins

Starting XI

  1. 1 Jordan Wright G
  2. 22 Cameron Norman D
  3. 5 Lee Jenkins D
  4. 4 Kyle Cameron D
  5. 3 Thomas Davies D
  6. 2 Cameron Evans M
  7. 6 Ciaran Brennan M
  8. 20 Yahya Bamba M
  9. 10 Harrison Biggins M
  10. 9 Shaquille Gwengwe M
  11. 27 Christian Doidge F

Substitutes

  1. 34 Dan Sassi D
  2. 17 Alfie Merritt D
  3. 8 Matt Smith M
  4. 40 Cole Jarvis M
  5. 29 Keenan Pattern M
  6. 25 Jake Turner G
  7. 12 Joe Thomas D