Newport County vs Rochdale · League Two
Newport County
1-0-1
3 – 0
FT
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Rochdale
0-0-2
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
Newport County beat Rochdale heavily, 3-0 at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,872). Kyle Cameron got the deciding goal at the 18-minute mark and Shaquille Gwengwe added to the lead after 38 minutes; Yahya Bamba widened the gap late on, at 90 minutes. A red card went to Bryant Bilongo at the 66-minute mark Five bookings were handed out by Harrison Blair. The ball split 68% to 32% and the shots 5 to 12. Newport hit the target 6 times from 12 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,872
- Referee
- Harrison Blair (Referee)
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Rochdale form
- LDLDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rochdale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
11Fouls14
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards1
2Offsides1
9Corner Kicks6
0Saves3
32.4%Possession67.6%
12Shots5
6On Goal0
50%On Target %0%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
133Accurate Passes396
205Passes471
60%Pass Completion %80%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots3
10Effective Tackles9
15Tackles13
70%Tackle %70%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
23Clearances46
Timeline
Full time · 3-0
🟨Alfie Merritt
90'+5'
⚽Yahya Bamba
90'+1'3 - 0
🔁Matt Smithreplacing Cameron Evans
88'
🟨Lee Jenkins
86'
🔁Gerard Garnerreplacing Shaquille Gwengwe
80'
70'
🔁Kaiden Wilsonreplacing Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
70'
🔁Edward Francisreplacing Harvey Gilmour
70'
🔁Babajide Adeekoreplacing Ryan East
66'
🟥Bryant Bilongo
🔁Alfie Merrittreplacing Christian Doidge
65'
62'
🔁Zain Silcott-Duberryreplacing Luke Hannant
53'
🟨Luke Hannant
Half-time · 2-0
42'
🟨Bryant Bilongo
⚽Shaquille Gwengwe
38'2 - 0
34'
🟨Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
⚽Kyle Cameron
18'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-2-3-1
27↓Doidge
9⚽↓Gwengwe
10Biggins
20⚽Bamba
6Brennan
2↓Evans
3Davies
4⚽Cameron
22Norman
5🟨Jenkins
1Wright
Bench
- 17Alfie Merritton for Christian Doidge, 65' 🟨
- 14Moses Alexander-Walker
- 19Gerard Garneron for Shaquille Gwengwe, 80'
- 33Shaun MacDonald
- 34Dan Sassi
- 8Matt Smithon for Cameron Evans, 88'
- 40Cole Jarvis
Rochdale4-1-4-1
9↓Dieseruvwe
39Brown
10Rodney
19🟨↓Hannant
8↓Gilmour
4↓East
27🟥Bilongo
26Sherring
13🟨Adebayo-Rowling
6Ebanks-Landell
1Ramming
Bench
- 12Jake Spaven
- 17Babajide Adeekoon for Ryan East, 70'
- 14Edward Francison for Harvey Gilmour, 70'
- 11Zain Silcott-Duberryon for Luke Hannant, 62'
- 3Kaiden Wilsonon for Emmanuel Dieseruvwe, 70'
- 20Sam Waller
- 22Daniel Moss
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 25 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 22 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +9 | 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
3Rochdale wins
Last times they met
FT
Rochdale
1–1
Newport · 2022-23 English League Two
FT
Newport
0–1
Rochdale · 2022-23 English League Two
FT
Newport
0–2
Rochdale · 2021-22 English League Two
FT
Rochdale
3–0
Newport · 2021-22 English League Two
FT
Newport
2–1
Rochdale · 2013/14 English League Two
Form
Last games: Newport
L1-0W3-2W2-1L4-1L1-1
Last games: Rochdale
D1-1W2-1W2-2W2-2L2-0
