Swindon Town vs Newport County · League Two
Swindon Town
18-4-9
2 – 0
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Newport County
5-6-19
The County Ground · Swindon · England
Swindon Town won 2-0 against Newport County at The County Ground (crowd 6,810); Swindon have now won 4 straight. Fletcher Holman scored the winner at the 63-minute mark and Swindon went 2-0 up just three minutes after that thanks to a Joe Thomas own goal. Newport had more of the shots, 8 to 6, and 51% of the ball. Swindon hit the target 2 times from 6 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- The County Ground · Swindon · England
- Crowd
- 6,810
- Referee
- Darren Drysdale
- Swindon form
- LLDWD
- Newport form
- LWDDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Newport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
11Fouls6
0Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
9Corner Kicks0
2Saves1
48.6%Possession51.4%
6Shots8
2On Goal2
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%
1Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
88'
🔁Anthony Driscoll-Glennonreplacing Michael Spellman
88'
🔁Ben Lloydreplacing Gerard Garner
78'
🔁Cole Jarvisreplacing Harrison Biggins
🔁Aidan Borlandreplacing Tom Nichols
77'
🔁Jamie Knight-Lebelreplacing Junior Hoilett
67'
⚽Joe ThomasOwn goal
66'2 - 0
⚽Fletcher Holman
63'1 - 0
60'
🔁James Crolereplacing Nathaniel Opoku
60'
🔁Tanatswa Nyakuhwareplacing Lewis Jamieson
🔁Ollie Palmerreplacing Joseph Snowdon
45'
🔁Fletcher Holmanreplacing James Scanlon
45'
Half-time
🔁Jake Battyreplacing Ryan Tafazolli
37'
Kick-off
Teams
Swindon Town3-4-2-1
23Drinan
21↓Scanlon
30↓Hoilett
33Mcgregor
18Kilkenny
19↓Snowdon
7↓Nichols
34Kirkman
17↓Tafazolli
8Clarke
1Ripley
Bench
- 26Jake Battyon for Ryan Tafazolli, 37'
- 12Lewis Ward
- 24Fletcher Holmanon for James Scanlon, 45' ⚽
- 22Jamie Knight-Lebelon for Junior Hoilett, 67'
- 28Ollie Palmeron for Joseph Snowdon, 45'
- 25Aidan Borlandon for Tom Nichols, 77'
- 44Darren Oldaker
Newport County4-1-4-1
24↓Opoku
19↓Garner
22↓Jamieson
21↓Spellman
10↓Biggins
5Sprangler
17Davies
4Baker
12Thomas
6Brennan
28Wright
Bench
- 3Anthony Driscoll-Glennonon for Michael Spellman, 88'
- 40Cole Jarvison for Harrison Biggins, 78'
- 13Shaun MacDonald
- 33Tanatswa Nyakuhwaon for Lewis Jamieson, 60'
- 20Ben Lloydon for Gerard Garner, 88'
- 2Cameron Evans
- 16James Croleon for Nathaniel Opoku, 60'
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
4Swindon wins
0Level
1Newport wins
Last times they met
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Newport
0–1
Swindon · 2025-26 English League Two
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Newport
1–2
Swindon · 2024-25 English League Two
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Swindon
4–0
Newport · 2024-25 English League Two
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Newport
2–1
Swindon · 2023-24 English League Two
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Swindon
2–0
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
Form
Last games: Swindon
L2-1L2-1W3-1W1-0W3-0
Last games: Newport
L3-2W2-1L4-1L3-0D0-0
