Newport County vs Colchester United · League Two
Newport County
7-7-22
1 – 2
FT
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Colchester United
14-10-11
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
One goal separated them as Colchester United beat Newport County 2-1 at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,328). The goal that settled it came from Harry Anderson at the 58-minute mark and Jack Payne added to the lead after 64 minutes; Newport answered through Lee Jenkins late on, at 90 minutes. Colchester led the shot count 17-12 and held 53% possession. Colchester hit the target 8 times from 17 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,328
- Referee
- Steven Copeland
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Colchester form
- LLDDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colchester | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
18Fouls7
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks2
6Saves2
47.3%Possession52.7%
12Shots17
3On Goal8
30%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%
3Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
⚽Lee Jenkins
90'+7'1 - 2
🔁Cole Jarvisreplacing Cameron Evans
90'+1'
89'
🔁John-Kymani Gordonreplacing Harry Anderson
89'
🔁Jaden Williamsreplacing Kyreece Lisbie
89'
🔁Will Goodwinreplacing Samson Tovide
75'
🔁Arthur Readreplacing Teddy Bishop
🔁Lee Jenkinsreplacing Tom Davies
70'
🔁Nathaniel Opokureplacing Michael Spellman
70'
🔁Harrison Bigginsreplacing Matt Smith
69'
64'0 - 2
⚽Jack Payne
🟨Matt Smith
58'
58'0 - 1
⚽Harry Anderson
🔁Ben Lloydreplacing Gerard Garner
57'
Half-time
35'
🔁Jack Paynereplacing Micah Mbick
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-3-3
8🟨↓Smith
21↓Spellman
9Baker-Richardson
19↓Garner
7Kamwa
5Sprangler
17↓Davies
23Delaney
2↓Evans
4Baker
28Wright
Bench
- 10Harrison Bigginson for Matt Smith, 69'
- 13Shaun MacDonald
- 15Lee Jenkinson for Tom Davies, 70' ⚽
- 40Cole Jarvison for Cameron Evans, 90'+1'
- 24Nathaniel Opokuon for Michael Spellman, 70'
- 22Lewis Jamieson
- 20Ben Lloydon for Gerard Garner, 57'
Colchester United4-2-3-1
9↓Tovide
7⚽↓Anderson
33↓Mbick
14↓Lisbie
8↓Bishop
25Barbrook
40Terry
6Flanagan
30Vincent-Young
5Tucker
1Macey
Bench
- 19Will Goodwinon for Samson Tovide, 89'
- 10Jack Payneon for Micah Mbick, 35' ⚽
- 27Romeo Akachukwu
- 2Rob Hunt
- 11John-Kymani Gordonon for Harry Anderson, 89'
- 16Arthur Readon for Teddy Bishop, 75'
- 17Jaden Williamson for Kyreece Lisbie, 89'
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
1Level
3Colchester wins
Last times they met
FT
Colchester
4–1
Newport · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Newport
0–2
Colchester · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Colchester
0–0
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Colchester
2–1
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
FT
Newport
2–1
Colchester · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
L1-0W3-1L2-0D0-0W3-1
Last games: Colchester
L1-0D1-1W4-1L1-0L3-0
