Newport County vs Grimsby Town · League Two
Newport County
2-4-3
2 – 1
FT
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Grimsby Town
3-4-2
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
Newport County took the points with a 2-1 win over Grimsby Town at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,973). Darren Drysdale was in charge. Christian Doidge scored the winner at the 57-minute mark and Shaquille Gwengwe added to the lead after 69 minutes; it went to 2-1 at the 83-minute mark through a Jordan Wright own goal. With 67% of possession, Grimsby had 10 attempts against 10 from Newport. 5 of the 10 shots by Newport were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,973
- Referee
- Darren Drysdale (Referee)
- Newport form
- DLWDD
- Grimsby form
- LLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Grimsby | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
14Fouls9
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
2Offsides7
7Corner Kicks3
3Saves3
33%Possession67%
10Shots10
5On Goal3
50%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
118Accurate Passes363
224Passes466
50%Pass Completion %80%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots4
9Effective Tackles9
19Tackles11
50%Tackle %80%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
30Clearances25
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🔁Yahya Bambareplacing Michael Adu-Poku
90'+4'
🟨Matty Jacob
90'+2'
83'2 - 1
⚽Jordan WrightOwn goal
🔁Gerard Garnerreplacing Shaquille Gwengwe
81'
🔁Aaron Lewisreplacing Matthew Dibley-Dias
81'
73'
🔁Justin Amaluzorreplacing Jayden Sweeney
73'
🔁Reece Stauntonreplacing Charles Vernam
72'
🟨Kieran Green
🔁Joe Thomasreplacing Cameron Norman
71'
⚽Shaquille Gwengwe
69'2 - 0
63'
🟨Andy Cook
59'
🔁Sonny Finchreplacing Finley Cartwright
59'
🔁Andy Cookreplacing Iwan Morgan
⚽Christian Doidge
57'1 - 0
Half-time
36'
🔁Ryley Reynoldsreplacing Mark Shelton
🟨Matthew Dibley-Dias
10'
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-2-3-1
27⚽Doidge
9⚽↓Gwengwe
10Biggins
23↓Adu-Poku
6Brennan
24🟨↓Dibley-Dias
16🟨Jacob
4Cameron
22↓Norman
5Jenkins
1Wright
Bench
- 20Yahya Bambaon for Michael Adu-Poku, 90'+4'
- 7Kieron Evans
- 12Joe Thomason for Cameron Norman, 71'
- 18Aaron Lewison for Matthew Dibley-Dias, 81'
- 33Shaun MacDonald
- 19Gerard Garneron for Shaquille Gwengwe, 81'
- 8Matt Smith
Grimsby Town4-1-4-1
9↓Morgan
29↓Shelton
30↓Vernam
28↓Cartwright
4🟨Green
7Walker
3↓Sweeney
17McJannett
5Rodgers
2Kacurri
31Pym
Bench
- 10Sonny Finchon for Finley Cartwright, 59'
- 8Cian Doyle
- 16Reece Stauntonon for Charles Vernam, 73'
- 41Sebastian Auton
- 14Justin Amaluzoron for Jayden Sweeney, 73'
- 39Andy Cookon for Iwan Morgan, 59' 🟨
- 11Ryley Reynoldson for Mark Shelton, 36'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 25 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 21 |
| 3 |  Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | +4 | 21 |
| 4 |  Walsall | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +9 | 19 |
| 5 |  Cheltenham Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 |  York City | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +6 | 17 |
| 7 |  Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 17 |
| 8 |  Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 |  Chesterfield | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 |
| 10 |  Exeter City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 |
| 11 |  Accrington Stanley | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Newport County | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Rochdale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 |  Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 |  Bristol Rovers | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 |  Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 |  Colchester United | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 |  Port Vale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 |  Northampton Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
Meetings
0Newport wins
2Level
3Grimsby wins
Last times they met
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Newport
0–0
Grimsby · 2025-26 English League Two
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Grimsby
2–1
Newport · 2025-26 English League Two
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Grimsby
1–0
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
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Newport
0–0
Grimsby · 2024-25 English League Two
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Grimsby
1–0
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
L2-1L1-0D1-1D0-0W2-0
Last games: Grimsby
D2-2D2-2W2-0W2-0L2-1
