Gillingham vs Newport County · League Two
Gillingham
8-11-6
3 – 2
FT
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Newport County
4-5-16
Priestfield Stadium · Gillingham · England
From one goals down, Gillingham went on to beat Newport County 3-2 at Priestfield Stadium (crowd 5,548). Newport went ahead through Michael Spellman at the 4-minute mark and Gillingham were back level through Conor Masterson after 30 minutes; Newport went back in front through Cameron Antwi at the 84-minute mark and the equaliser came from Armani Little late on, at 90 minutes with a penalty. Garath McCleary got the deciding goal late on, at 90 minutes. Yellow cards: five. With 56% of possession, Gillingham had 20 attempts against 22 from Newport. Newport hit the target 7 times from 22 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Priestfield Stadium · Gillingham · England
- Crowd
- 5,548
- Referee
- Carl Brook
- Gillingham form
- WWLDD
- Newport form
- LWDDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillingham | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Newport | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
13Fouls11
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
4Corner Kicks5
5Saves3
56.3%Possession43.7%
20Shots22
6On Goal7
30%On Target %30%
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
8Blocked Shots11
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
🟨Andy Smith
90'+16'
90'+16'
🟨Matthew Baker
90'+16'
🟨Ciaran Brennan
🔁Ethan Colemanreplacing Bradley Dack
90'+12'
⚽Garath McCleary
90'+9'3 - 2
⚽Armani LittlePenalty
90'+1'2 - 2
🟨Bradley Dack
90'
89'
🔁James Crolereplacing Nathaniel Opoku
88'
🔁Joe Thomasreplacing Liam Shephard
🔁Sam Vokesreplacing Josh Andrews
87'
🔁Remeao Huttonreplacing Aaron Rowe
86'
84'1 - 2
⚽Cameron Antwi
76'
🔁Cameron Antwireplacing Lee Jenkins
76'
🔁Ciaran Brennanreplacing Matt Smith
🔁Garath McClearyreplacing Jon Smith
70'
🟨Max Clark
62'
55'
🔁Tanatswa Nyakuhwareplacing Michael Spellman
Half-time · 1-1
⚽Conor Masterson
30'1 - 1
4'0 - 1
⚽Michael Spellman
Kick-off
Teams
Gillingham4-2-3-1
9↓Andrews
11↓Rowe
23🟨↓Dack
17↓Smith
8⚽Little
14Mckenzie
3🟨Clark
4⚽Masterson
30Gale
5🟨Smith
1Morris
Bench
- 20Elliott Nevitt
- 6Ethan Colemanon for Bradley Dack, 90'+12'
- 2Remeao Huttonon for Aaron Rowe, 86'
- 25Jake Turner
- 7Garath McClearyon for Jon Smith, 70' ⚽
- 12Seb Palmer-Houlden
- 19Sam Vokeson for Josh Andrews, 87'
Newport County5-4-1
24↓Opoku
10Biggins
7Kamwa
21⚽↓Spellman
8↓Smith
3Driscoll-Glennon
23Delaney
4🟨Baker
18↓Shephard
15↓Jenkins
28Wright
Bench
- 11Cameron Antwion for Lee Jenkins, 76' ⚽
- 1Nik Tzanev
- 16James Croleon for Nathaniel Opoku, 89'
- 12Joe Thomason for Liam Shephard, 88'
- 17Tom Davies
- 6Ciaran Brennanon for Matt Smith, 76' 🟨
- 33Tanatswa Nyakuhwaon for Michael Spellman, 55'
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
1Gillingham wins
1Level
3Newport wins
Last times they met
FT
Newport
2–2
Gillingham · 2025-26 English FA Cup
FT
Newport
1–3
Gillingham · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Newport
3–1
Gillingham · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Gillingham
0–2
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Newport
1–0
Gillingham · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Gillingham
D2-2L2-1D1-1D1-1L2-0
Last games: Newport
L2-0L4-1D0-0W2-0L2-1
