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Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers

BRR

5 : 3

FT
Newport County

Newport County

NPT

📅 22 August 2026, 13:30 📍 Memorial Stadium Bristol Rovers won after full-time.

Match Events

BRR
NPT
1'
⚽

Harrison Biggins

Right foot shot

Clinton Mola

Argument

8'

B. Purrington

Header

⚽
45+1'

Fabrizio Cavegn

Right foot shot

⚽
53'

Lee Jenkins

Left foot shot

⚽
57'
61'
⚽

Shaquille Gwengwe

Right foot shot

74'

Alfie Merritt

↑ Tom Davies

74'

Dan Sassi

↑ Christian Doidge

74'

Matt Smith

↑ Cameron Evans

Bobby Kamwa

Right foot shot

⚽
74'

Bobby Kamwa

Unsportsmanlike conduct

75'
76'

Ciaran Brennan

Argument

J. Aitchison

↑ Bobby Kamwa

79'

Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny

↑ Shaqai Forde

85'
85'

Cole Jarvis

↑ Yahya Bamba

Richard Smallwood

↑ Thomas James

85'

Ellis Harrison

↑ Tommy Leigh

87'
90+1'
⚽

Cole Jarvis

Header

90+6'

Keenan Patten

↑ Harrison Biggins

Lineups

BRR

Starting XI

1 Brad Young
2 Tom James
4 Kofi Balmer
26 Riley Harbottle
14 Ben Purrington
6 Clinton Mola
22 Keenan Gough
7 Shaq Forde
24 Tommy Leigh
10 Bobby Kamwa
29 Fabrizio Cavegn

Bench

8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny
9 Joe Quigley
11 Jack Aitchison
17 Ciarán Kelly
19 Ellis Harrison
21 Richard Smallwood
32 Charlie Binns

NPT

Starting XI

1 Jordan Wright
22 Cameron Norman
5 Lee Jenkins
4 Kyle Cameron 
3 Tom Davies
2 Cameron Evans
6 Ciaran Brennan
20 Yahya Bamba
10 Harrison Biggins
9 Shaquille Gwengwe
27 Christian Doidge

Bench

8 Matthew Smith
12 Joe Thomas
17 Alfie Merritt
25 Jake Turner
29 Keenan Patten
34 Dan Sassi
40 Cole Jarvis

Match Stats

BRR NPT
25 Shots Total 8
8 Shots On Target 3
11 Corners 1
6 Fouls 8
3 Offsides 5
0 Saves 5
9 Shots Off Target 5
116 Attacks 81
79 Dangerous Attacks 20
64 Ball Possession % 36
73 Ball Safe 82
18 Shots Insidebox 6
7 Shots Outsidebox 2
4 Goals 3
3 Goal Kicks 14
16 Goal Attempts 6
8 Free Kicks 6
8 Shots Blocked 0
4 Substitutions 5
31 Throwins 24
100 Long Passes 75
1 Hit Woodwork 1
41 Successful Headers 39
7 Tackles 21
2 Assists 3
366 Passes 213
241 Successful Passes 100
66 Successful Passes Percentage 47
2 Yellowcards 1
28 Total Crosses 5
4 Accurate Crosses 1
6 Interceptions 6
62 Duels Won 69
15 Dribble Attempts 5
6 Successful Dribbles 3
18 Key Passes 5
4 Big Chances Created 2
3 Big Chances Missed 0
40 Successful Dribbles Percentage 60
47 Successful Long Passes 25
47 Successful Long Passes Percentage 33

Team Form

BRR
L L W W W
NPT
D W D L L

Head to Head

31 Jan 2026 League Two
BRR
3–0
NPT
6 Sep 2025 League Two
NPT
2–3
BRR
19 Mar 2016 League Two
NPT
1–4
BRR
24 Oct 2015 League Two
BRR
1–4
NPT
25 Jan 2014 League Two
BRR
3–1
NPT