Bristol Rovers vs Newport County · League Two
Bristol Rovers
7-3-18
3 – 0
FT
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Newport County
5-5-18
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
Bristol Rovers put 3 past Newport County, who managed 0 at Memorial Stadium (crowd 8,591). Yusuf Akhamrich got the deciding goal at the 11-minute mark and Yusuf Akhamrich widened the gap after 29 minutes; Fabrizio Cavegn widened the gap late on, at 88 minutes. With 59% of possession, Newport had 6 attempts against 18 from Bristol Rovers. From 18 shots, Bristol Rovers found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 8,591
- Referee
- Will Finnie
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Newport form
- LWDDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Newport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
15Fouls9
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks3
0Saves4
41.5%Possession58.5%
18Shots6
7On Goal0
40%On Target %0%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
6Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-0
🔁Kane Thompson-Sommersreplacing Clinton Mola
90'+8'
⚽Fabrizio Cavegn
88'3 - 0
86'
🔁Tom Daviesreplacing Bobby Kamwa
🔁Joel Seniorreplacing Yusuf Akhamrich
81'
🔁Mees Rijksreplacing Ellis Harrison
79'
75'
🔁Lewis Jamiesonreplacing Ben Lloyd
74'
🔁Gerard Garnerreplacing Michael Spellman
🟨Jack Sparkes
61'
57'
🟨Harrison Biggins
56'
🔁Joe Thomasreplacing Liam Shephard
45'
🔁Ben Lloydreplacing Ryan Delaney
Half-time · 2-0
33'
🟨Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
⚽Yusuf Akhamrich
29'2 - 0
⚽Yusuf Akhamrich
11'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers4-2-3-1
29⚽Cavegn
19↓Harrison
7Forde
10⚽⚽↓Akhamrich
6↓Mola
15De Havilland
3🟨Sparkes
26Harbottle
17Balmer
5Kilgour
13Young
Bench
- 22Kamil Conteh
- 2Joel Senioron for Yusuf Akhamrich, 81'
- 1Luke Southwood
- 20Josh McEachran
- 35Mees Rijkson for Ellis Harrison, 79'
- 14Kane Thompson-Sommerson for Clinton Mola, 90'+8'
- 11Luke Thomas
Newport County5-4-1
16Crole
10🟨Biggins
7↓Kamwa
21↓Spellman
6Brennan
3🟨Driscoll-Glennon
23↓Delaney
4Baker
18↓Shephard
15Jenkins
28Wright
Bench
- 13Shaun MacDonald
- 17Tom Davieson for Bobby Kamwa, 86'
- 22Lewis Jamiesonon for Ben Lloyd, 75'
- 20Ben Lloydon for Ryan Delaney, 45' ↓
- 12Joe Thomason for Liam Shephard, 56'
- 19Gerard Garneron for Michael Spellman, 74'
- 2Cameron Evans
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
3Bristol Rovers wins
0Level
2Newport wins
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1–0
Bristol Rovers · 2021-22 English League Two
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1–4
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Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
W3-0L4-3L1-0L1-0L1-0
Last games: Newport
W2-0L2-1L3-2W2-1L4-1
