Newport County vs Chesterfield · League Two
Newport County
5-5-16
2 – 1
FT
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Chesterfield
10-11-6
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
One goal separated them as Newport County beat Chesterfield 2-1 at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,355). Harrison Biggins scored the winner at the 50-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Michael Spellman scored after 63 minutes; Chesterfield answered through Dilan Kumar Markanday late on, at 85 minutes. With 63% of possession, Chesterfield had 6 attempts against 8 from Newport. Newport hit the target 4 times from 8 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,355
- Referee
- Declan Brown
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Chesterfield form
- WDLDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chesterfield | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
8Fouls7
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks8
2Saves2
36.6%Possession63.4%
8Shots6
4On Goal3
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%
1Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
90'+4'
🔁Tanatswa Nyakuhwareplacing Michael Spellman
90'+1'
🔁Joe Thomasreplacing Bobby Kamwa
90'
85'2 - 1
⚽Dilan Kumar Markanday
🔁Lee Jenkinsreplacing Harrison Biggins
80'
80'
🔁Tom Naylorreplacing Ryan Stirk
75'
🔁Dilan Kumar Markandayreplacing Liam Mandeville
75'
🔁Dylan Duffyreplacing James Berry
75'
🔁Armando Dobrareplacing Will Grigg
🔁James Crolereplacing Nathaniel Opoku
70'
66'
🔁Lee Bonisreplacing Freddie Ladapo
⚽Michael Spellman
63'2 - 0
⚽Harrison Biggins
50'1 - 0
Half-time
🟨Matt Smith
45'
🟨Harrison Biggins
6'
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-1-4-1
24↓Opoku
10⚽🟨↓Biggins
7↓Kamwa
21⚽↓Spellman
8🟨Smith
6Brennan
3🟨Driscoll-Glennon
23Delaney
18Shephard
4Baker
28Wright
Bench
- 12Joe Thomason for Bobby Kamwa, 90'
- 33Tanatswa Nyakuhwaon for Michael Spellman, 90'+1'
- 20Ben Lloyd
- 2Cameron Evans
- 1Nik Tzanev
- 16James Croleon for Nathaniel Opoku, 70'
- 15Lee Jenkinson for Harrison Biggins, 80'
Chesterfield4-2-2-2
9↓Grigg
45↓Ladapo
28↓Berry
7↓Mandeville
8↓Stirk
36Braybrooke
46Pearce
26Swinkels
29Curtis
6McFadzean
1Hemming
Bench
- 24Dilan Kumar Markandayon for Liam Mandeville, 75' ⚽
- 25William Dickson
- 11Dylan Duffyon for James Berry, 75'
- 4Tom Nayloron for Ryan Stirk, 80'
- 20Vontae Daley-Campbell
- 10Lee Bonison for Freddie Ladapo, 66'
- 17Armando Dobraon for Will Grigg, 75'
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
1Newport wins
0Level
4Chesterfield wins
Last times they met
FT
Chesterfield
4–1
Newport · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Chesterfield
2–1
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Newport
0–3
Chesterfield · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Chesterfield
1–0
Newport · 2017-18 English League Two
FT
Newport
4–1
Chesterfield · 2017-18 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
L4-1D0-0W2-0L2-1L3-2
Last games: Chesterfield
W2-0L1-0D1-1D2-2D0-0
