Newport County vs Accrington Stanley · League Two
Newport County
5-5-17
1 – 4
FT
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Accrington Stanley
10-7-10
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
Accrington Stanley put 4 past Newport County, who managed 1 at Rodney Parade (crowd 3,563). Accrington went ahead through Alex Henderson at the 2-minute mark and the equaliser came from Nathaniel Opoku after 35 minutes; Isaac Sinclair got the deciding goal at the 51-minute mark and Patrick Madden widened the gap after 82 minutes. Isaac Heath widened the gap late on, at 90 minutes. A red card went to Nathaniel Opoku at the 69-minute mark The game had eight bookings. Newport kept the ball 58% of the time and shot 11 times, Accrington 13. 6 of the 13 shots by Accrington were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 3,563
- Referee
- James Durkin
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Accrington form
- WDWDW
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Accrington | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Side by side
7Fouls11
2Yellow Cards5
1Red Cards0
0Offsides0
3Corner Kicks2
2Saves3
57.8%Possession42.2%
11Shots13
5On Goal6
50%On Target %50%
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%
0Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-4
90'+8'
🟨Seamus Conneely
90'+6'
🟨Farrend Rawson
90'+2'1 - 4
⚽Isaac Heath
84'
🔁Josh Woodsreplacing Patrick Madden
82'1 - 3
⚽Patrick Madden
🔁Tom Daviesreplacing Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
80'
🔁Tanatswa Nyakuhwareplacing Bobby Kamwa
80'
🔁Lee Jenkinsreplacing Joe Thomas
80'
71'
🔁Luke Butterfieldreplacing Alex Henderson
🟥Nathaniel Opoku
69'
🔁James Crolereplacing Michael Spellman
65'
🟨Nathaniel Opoku
65'
🟨Ben Lloyd
58'
56'
🔁Freddie Sassreplacing Connor O'Brien
56'
🔁Seamus Conneelyreplacing Conor Grant
51'1 - 2
⚽Isaac Sinclair
Half-time · 1-1
🟨Michael Spellman
45'+1'
🔁Ben Lloydreplacing Matt Smith
45'
40'
🟨Connor O'Brien
⚽Nathaniel Opoku
35'1 - 1
32'
🟨Conor Grant
28'
🟨Devon Matthews
2'0 - 1
⚽Alex Henderson
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-1-4-1
24⚽🟥Opoku
10Biggins
7↓Kamwa
21🟨↓Spellman
8↓Smith
6Brennan
3↓Driscoll-Glennon
23Delaney
12↓Thomas
4Baker
28Wright
Bench
- 1Nik Tzanev
- 20Ben Lloydon for Matt Smith, 45' 🟨
- 2Cameron Evans
- 15Lee Jenkinson for Joe Thomas, 80'
- 16James Croleon for Michael Spellman, 65'
- 17Tom Davieson for Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, 80'
- 33Tanatswa Nyakuhwaon for Bobby Kamwa, 80'
Accrington Stanley3-4-2-1
8⚽↓Madden
10⚽↓Henderson
7Whalley
30⚽Heath
11⚽Sinclair
38🟨↓O'Brien
4🟨↓Grant
17🟨Matthews
5🟨Rawson
2Love
13Wright
Bench
- 28Seamus Conneelyon for Conor Grant, 56' 🟨
- 18Charlie Caton
- 3Freddie Sasson for Connor O'Brien, 56'
- 39Josh Woodson for Patrick Madden, 84'
- 20Charlie Brown
- 1Michael Kelly
- 24Luke Butterfieldon for Alex Henderson, 71'
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
2Newport wins
0Level
3Accrington wins
Last times they met
FT
Accrington
0–1
Newport · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Accrington
5–0
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Newport
3–1
Accrington · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Newport
1–3
Accrington · 2023-24 English League Two
FT
Accrington
3–0
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
D0-0W2-0L2-1L3-2W2-1
Last games: Accrington
W2-1W1-0W1-0L2-0D0-0
