Newport County vs Harrogate Town · League Two
Newport County
10-7-26
2 – 1
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Harrogate Town
8-9-26
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
One goal separated them as Newport County beat Harrogate Town 2-1 at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,337). Nathaniel Opoku scored first for Newport at the 8-minute mark and Harrogate were back level through Jack Evans after 39 minutes; Joe Thomas scored the winner at the 57-minute mark. The ball split 52% to 48% and the shots 11 to 11. Newport hit the target 3 times from 11 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,337
- Referee
- Neil Hair
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Harrogate form
- WWDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Harrogate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls13
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks7
2Saves1
47.7%Possession52.3%
11Shots11
3On Goal3
30%On Target %30%
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%
4Blocked Shots4
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+4'
🔁George Thomsonreplacing Ellis Taylor
🔁Cole Jarvisreplacing James Crole
90'+1'
🔁Ciaran Brennanreplacing Sven Sprangler
84'
🔁Bobby Kamwareplacing Nathaniel Opoku
84'
🟨James Crole
83'
70'
🔁Lewis Cassreplacing Jacob Slater
70'
🔁Emile Acauahreplacing Tobias Brenan
🔁Tom Daviesreplacing Joe Thomas
68'
🟨Cameron Evans
62'
⚽Joe Thomas
57'2 - 1
57'
🔁Bobby Faulknerreplacing Chanse Headman
Half-time · 1-1
45'
🟨Jack Evans
39'1 - 1
⚽Jack Evans
⚽Nathaniel Opoku
8'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County3-5-2
24⚽↓Opoku
16🟨↓Crole
20Lloyd
5↓Sprangler
12⚽↓Thomas
2🟨Evans
10Biggins
4Baker
23Delaney
15Jenkins
28Wright
Bench
- 21Michael Spellman
- 6Ciaran Brennanon for Sven Sprangler, 84'
- 8Matt Smith
- 40Cole Jarvison for James Crole, 90'+1'
- 13Shaun MacDonald
- 17Tom Davieson for Joe Thomas, 68'
- 7Bobby Kamwaon for Nathaniel Opoku, 84'
Harrogate Town4-2-3-1
9Mccoulsky
11Duke-McKenna
38↓Brenan
21↓Taylor
4⚽🟨Evans
8Morris
3↓Slater
30Gibson
16↓Headman
31Heffernan
13Gray
Bench
- 6Warren Burrell
- 33Sam Waller
- 24Lewis Casson for Jacob Slater, 70'
- 20Bobby Faulkneron for Chanse Headman, 57'
- 17Levi Sutton
- 12Emile Acauahon for Tobias Brenan, 70'
- 7George Thomsonon for Ellis Taylor, 90'+4'
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
3Newport wins
0Level
2Harrogate wins
Last times they met
FT
Harrogate
0–3
Newport · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Newport
3–0
Harrogate · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Harrogate
1–0
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
FT
Harrogate
1–4
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
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Newport
1–2
Harrogate · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
L1-0L2-1W1-0L2-0L3-1
Last games: Harrogate
W3-0L1-0L2-0W3-1L3-2
