Bristol Rovers 5-3 Newport County · League Two
Bristol Rovers beat Newport County 5-3 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Bristol Rovers and Newport County met in the League Two at Memorial Stadium in Bristol on Saturday, 22 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Bristol Rovers: B. Purrington 45'; F. Cavegn 53', 90'; L. Jenkins 57'; B. Kamwa 74'. Newport County: H. Biggins 1'; S. Gwengwe 61'; C. Jarvis 90'.
How the match went
Bristol Rovers saw more of the ball, 64% of it. Bristol Rovers had 26 shots with 9 on target, Newport County 8 with 3 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 11 to Bristol Rovers and 1 to Newport County. Bristol Rovers conceded 6 fouls, Newport County 8. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (3 for Bristol Rovers, 1 for Newport County).
Line-ups
Bristol Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Ben Purrington, Clinton Mola, Keenan Gough, Shaqai Forde, Tommy Leigh, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn.
Newport County started in a 4-2-3-1: Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Thomas Davies, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Shaquille Gwengwe, Christian Doidge.
More from this competition: League Two fixtures, results and table.