EFL TrophyEngland

Newport County vs Plymouth

Newport County
2–2 (4–5 pens) On pens
Plymouth

Group South - 5Tuesday, 6 October 2026Rodney Parade, Newport

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Newport County 2–2 (4–5 pens) Plymouth — EFL Trophy, Tuesday, 6 October 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Match statistics

3 Shots on goal 5
9 Total shots 12
32% Possession 68%
267 Total passes 574
0 Corner kicks 4
10 Fouls 21
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Timeline

  1. 3' Kieron Thomas Evans Assist Matthew Smith Newport County
  2. 39' Caleb Watts Yellow Card Plymouth
  3. 45' Lee Thomas Jenkins off joe thomas Newport County
  4. 59' Yahya Bamba Penalty Newport County
  5. 59' Wes Harding off Mathias Ross Jensen Plymouth
  6. 60' Aribim Pepple off Caleb Watts Plymouth
  7. 60' Oliver Irow off Tegan Finn Plymouth
  8. 72' Bradley Ibrahim off Caleb Roberts Plymouth
  9. 72' Harvey White off Jared Rendle Plymouth
  10. 75' Aribim Pepple Assist Xavier Amaechi Plymouth
  11. 78' Matty Jacobs off Cole Lewis Jarvis Newport County
  12. 79' Michael Adu-Poku off Kieron Thomas Evans Newport County
  13. 82' Christian Doidge off Gerard Garner Newport County
  14. 84' Harrison Biggins off Yahya Bamba Newport County
  15. 90' Tyreeq Bakinson Assist Xavier Amaechi Plymouth
  16. 91' Michael Adu-Poku Penalty Newport County
  17. 91' Harvey White Penalty Plymouth
  18. 92' Harrison Biggins Penalty Newport County
  19. 92' Oliver Irow Penalty Plymouth
  20. 93' Matty Jacobs Penalty Newport County
  21. 93' Xavier Amaechi Penalty Plymouth
  22. 94' Christian Doidge Penalty Newport County
  23. 95' Aribim Pepple Penalty Plymouth
  24. 95' Aaron Lewis Penalty Newport County
  25. 90+6' Aribim Pepple Penalty Plymouth
  26. 96' Bradley Ibrahim Penalty Plymouth

Line-ups

Newport County

4-2-3-1 H. Mullins

Starting XI

  1. 33 S. MacDonald G
  2. 2 C. Evans D
  3. 12 Joe Thomas D
  4. 34 D. Sassi D
  5. 17 Alfie Merritt D
  6. 40 C. Jarvis M
  7. 8 M. Smith M
  8. 20 Y. Bamba M
  9. 18 A. Lewis M
  10. 7 K. Evans M
  11. 19 G. Garner F

Substitutes

  1. 16 M. Jacob D
  2. 27 C. Doidge F
  3. 24 M. Dibley-Dias M
  4. 10 H. Biggins M
  5. 23 M. Adu-Poku F
  6. 5 L. Jenkins D
  7. 1 J. Wright G

Plymouth

4-4-2 Tom Cleverley

Starting XI

  1. 21 James Storer G
  2. 29 M. Sorinola D
  3. 2 M. Ross D
  4. 3 Jack Mackenzie D
  5. 42 Jared Rendle D
  6. 10 X. Amaechi M
  7. 19 T. Bakinson M
  8. 24 C. Roberts M
  9. 26 T. Finn M
  10. 38 Seb Campbell F
  11. 17 C. Watts F

Substitutes

  1. 1 M. Mahoney G
  2. 11 R. Curtis F
  3. 45 W. Harding D
  4. 23 B. Ibrahim M
  5. 14 O. Irow F
  6. 27 A. Pepple F
  7. 7 H. White M