Salford City 2-1 Newport County · League Two
Salford City beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Salford City and Newport County met in the League Two at Peninsula in Kersal on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Salford City: T. Allen 83'; K. N'Mai 90'. Newport County: H. Biggins 71'.
How the match went
Salford City saw more of the ball, 74% of it. Salford City had 32 shots with 7 on target, Newport County 4 with 2 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 10 to Salford City and 0 to Newport County. Salford City conceded 11 fouls, Newport County 19. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Salford City, 3 for Newport County).
Line-ups
Salford City started in a 5-3-2: Will Norris, Luke Molyneux, Will Aimson, Adebola Oluwo, Taylor Allen, Abraham Odoh, Kallum Cesay, Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu, Joe Powell, Macaulay Langstaff, Ryan Graydon.
Newport County started in a 4-2-3-1: Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Joe Thomas, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Alfie Merritt, Shaquille Gwengwe.
More from this competition: League Two fixtures, results and table.