Newport County 1-1 Fleetwood Town · League Two
Newport County drew 1-1 with Fleetwood Town in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Newport County fixtures and results · Fleetwood Town fixtures and results · League Two table
Match report
Newport County and Fleetwood Town met in the League Two at Rodney Parade in Newport on Saturday, 12 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Newport County: C. Doidge 38'. Fleetwood Town: A. Loupalo-Bi 68'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 49% to 51%. Newport County had 16 shots with 2 on target, Fleetwood Town 14 with 3 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 9 to Newport County and 3 to Fleetwood Town. Newport County conceded 10 fouls, Fleetwood Town 16. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (0 for Newport County, 5 for Fleetwood Town).
Line-ups
Newport County started in a 4-2-3-1: Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Matty Jacob, Matthew Max Dibley-Dias, Ciaran Brennan, Michael Adu-Poku, Harrison Biggins, Shaquille Gwengwe, Christian Doidge.
Fleetwood Town started in a 3-1-4-2: Jay Lynch, Shaun Rooney, Rhys Bennett, Finley Potter, Harrison Neal, Raffaele Cirino, Adam Murphy, Mark Helm, Lewis McCann, Ched Evans, Ronan Coughlan.
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Minute by minute
- 38'Goal! Newport County 1-0 Fleetwood Town. C. Doidge (Newport County) scores, assisted by M. Jacob.
- 45'Half-time. Newport County 1-0 Fleetwood Town.
- 68'Goal! Newport County 1-1 Fleetwood Town. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Newport County 1-1 Fleetwood Town.
Full commentary (69 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Newport County vs Fleetwood Town.
- 2'Attempt missed. C. Doidge (Newport County), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.33.
- 5'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 5'Attempt blocked. R. Coughlan (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.08.
- 5'Attempt saved. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 11'Attempt blocked. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 20'Corner, Newport County.
- 29'Attempt blocked. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 30'Yellow card for M. Helm (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 33'Corner, Newport County.
- 34'Attempt missed. C. Norman (Newport County), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 34'Attempt blocked. M. M. Dibley-Dias (Newport County), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 34'Corner, Newport County.
- 36'Corner, Newport County.
- 36'Attempt missed. M. Jacob (Newport County), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 37'Attempt missed. M. M. Dibley-Dias (Newport County), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 38'Goal! Newport County 1-0 Fleetwood Town. C. Doidge (Newport County) scores, assisted by M. Jacob.
- 41'Yellow card for F. Potter (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 44'Corner, Newport County.
- 45'Attempt blocked. M. Adu-Poku (Newport County), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Yellow card for C. Evans (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 45'Half-time. Newport County 1-0 Fleetwood Town.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Attempt missed. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 49'Offside, Newport County.
- 50'Attempt saved. M. Adu-Poku (Newport County), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 51'Attempt saved. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 54'Yellow card for S. Rooney (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 55'Attempt missed. K. Cameron (Newport County), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.10.
- 56'Corner, Newport County.
- 57'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: D. Andrew comes on for R. Cirino.
- 57'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: C. McLean comes on for M. Helm.
- 57'Attempt missed. C. Norman (Newport County), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 58'Attempt missed. C. McLean (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 63'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: A. Loupalo-Bi comes on for R. Coughlan.
- 63'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: W. Davies comes on for C. Evans.
- 63'Attempt missed. C. Doidge (Newport County), header from a set piece. xG 0.10.
- 65'Offside, Fleetwood Town.
- 68'Attempt missed. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.81.
- 68'Attempt blocked. W. Davies (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.29.
- 68'Goal! Newport County 1-1 Fleetwood Town. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town) scores.
- 69'Substitution, Newport County: K. Evans comes on for S. Gwengwe.
- 69'Substitution, Newport County: Y. Bamba comes on for M. Adu-Poku.
- 70'Attempt missed. H. Biggins (Newport County), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 70'Attempt blocked. Y. Bamba (Newport County), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 74'Attempt missed. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.04.
- 76'Offside, Fleetwood Town.
- 77'Attempt blocked. K. Evans (Newport County), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 77'Corner, Newport County.
- 78'Corner, Newport County.
- 78'Attempt blocked. M. Jacob (Newport County), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 79'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: J. Robertson comes on for A. Murphy.
- 81'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 81'Attempt blocked. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 82'Substitution, Newport County: J. Thomas comes on for M. Jacob.
- 82'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 83'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 84'Attempt missed. S. Rooney (Fleetwood Town), header from a corner. xG 0.20.
- 88'Corner, Newport County.
- 89'Substitution, Newport County: T. Nyakuhwa comes on for C. Doidge.
- 89'Substitution, Newport County: M. Smith comes on for M. M. Dibley-Dias.
- 90'Offside, Newport County.
- 90'Attempt blocked. H. Biggins (Newport County), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.11.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Attempt missed. D. Andrew (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90+2'Attempt missed. J. Robertson (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90+5'Yellow card for R. Bennett (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 90'Full-time. Newport County 1-1 Fleetwood Town.