Rotherham United vs Newport County · League Two

Rotherham United
2-5-5
2 – 2
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Newport County
3-6-3
AESSEAL New York Stadium · Rotherham · England
Newport County recovered a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Rotherham United at AESSEAL New York Stadium (crowd 6,524). Paul Mullin scored first for Rotherham at the 4-minute mark with a penalty and it went to 2-0 when Aaron Nemane scored after 12 minutes; Harrison Biggins reduced the gap for Newport at the 28-minute mark with a penalty and the equaliser came from Gerard Garner after 54 minutes. With 62% of possession, Rotherham had 12 attempts against 12 from Newport. Rotherham hit the target 5 times from 12 attempts. Standings after the game: Rotherham 22nd (11 points), Newport 12th (15).
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- AESSEAL New York Stadium · Rotherham · England
- Crowd
- 6,524
- Rotherham form
- LLLLD
- Newport form
- DLWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Newport | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
18Fouls16
3Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
2Corner Kicks2
2Saves3
61.8%Possession38.2%
12Shots12
5On Goal4
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
284Accurate Passes140
392Passes248
70%Pass Completion %60%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
3Blocked Shots1
10Effective Tackles12
14Tackles16
70%Tackle %80%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
39Clearances41
Timeline
Full time · 2-2
🟨Hamish Douglas
89'
🔁Tom Bradshawreplacing Kian Spence
85'
🔁Kieran Ngwenyareplacing Denzel Hall
73'
🔁Klaidi Lolosreplacing Jili Buyabu
64'
60'
🔁Yahya Bambareplacing Michael Adu-Poku
60'
🔁Kion Etetereplacing Gerard Garner
54'2 - 2
⚽Gerard Garner
45'
🔁Matt Smithreplacing Alfie Merritt
Half-time · 2-1
42'
🟨Gerard Garner
🟨Paul Mullin
42'
28'2 - 1
⚽Harrison BigginsPenalty
🟨Jamie Jellis
16'
⚽Aaron Nemane
12'2 - 0
⚽Paul MullinPenalty
4'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Rotherham United4-3-3
8↓Spence
23⚽Nemane
10⚽🟨Mullin
22🟨Jellis
24↓Buyabu
15Fitzgerald
12↓Hall
26🟨Douglas
2Rafferty
27Iorfa
13Eyestone
Bench
- 14Sonny Aljofree
- 5Kieran Ngwenyaon for Denzel Hall, 73'
- 4Joshua Austerfield
- 9Tom Bradshawon for Kian Spence, 85'
- 28Brandon Cover
- 1Ted Cann
- 20Klaidi Loloson for Jili Buyabu, 64'
Newport County3-4-3
10⚽Biggins
23↓Adu-Poku
19⚽🟨↓Garner
17↓Merritt
6Brennan
22Norman
24Dibley-Dias
12Thomas
4Cameron
5Jenkins
1Wright
Bench
- 7Kieron Evans
- 28Kion Eteteon for Gerard Garner, 60'
- 2Cameron Evans
- 33Shaun MacDonald
- 8Matt Smithon for Alfie Merritt, 45'
- 20Yahya Bambaon for Michael Adu-Poku, 60'
- 34Dan Sassi
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 25 | |
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 21 | |
| 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +9 | 19 | |
| 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 18 | |
| 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +6 | 17 | |
| 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 17 | |
| 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 17 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 | |
| 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 | |
| 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 | |
| 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 | |
| 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 | |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 15 | |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 | |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 12 | |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 12 | |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 | |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 11 | |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 | |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
Meetings
Form
Last games: Rotherham
D1-1L1-0L4-0L4-1L2-0
Last games: Newport
W2-1D0-0L2-2W1-0D1-1