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Bristol Rovers
FT
5–3
22 Aug 2026
Newport County
Europa League Sat 22 Aug, 12:30London Memorial Stadium, Bristol Simon Mather 10,349 attendance

Timeline

  1. 1' Harrison Biggins
  2. 8' Clinton Mola Yellow Card
  3. 45'+1' Ben Purrington
  4. 53' Fabrizio Cavegn
  5. 57' Lee Jenkins own goal
  6. 61' Shaquille Gwengwe
  7. 74' Matt Smith for Cameron Evans
  8. 74' Alfie Merritt for Tom Davies
  9. 74' Dan Sassi for Christian Doidge
  10. 74' Bobby Kamwa
  11. 75' Bobby Kamwa Yellow Card
  12. 76' Ciaran Brennan Yellow Card
  13. 79' Jack Aitchison for Bobby Kamwa
  14. 85' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny for Shaqai Forde
  15. 85' Richard Smallwood for Tom James
  16. 85' Cole Jarvis for Yahya Bamba
  17. 87' Ellis Harrison for Tommy Leigh
  18. 90'+1' Cole Jarvis
  19. 90'+6' Keenan Patten for Harrison Biggins
  20. 90'+9' Fabrizio Cavegn

Match stats

63.6% Possession 36.4%
26 Shots 8
9 On target 3
6 Fouls 8
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 5
0 Saves 5
242 Accurate passes 102

Lineups

Bristol Rovers 4-2-3-1
1 Young
14 Purrington 26 Harbottle 4 Balmer 2 James
22 Gough 6 Mola
10 Kamwa 24 Leigh 7 Forde
29 Cavegn
Newport County 4-2-3-1
1 Wright
3 Davies 4 Cameron 5 Jenkins 22 Norman
6 Brennan 2 Evans
9 Gwengwe 10 Biggins 20 Bamba
27 Doidge
Bristol Rovers 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Brad Young G
  2. 26 Riley Harbottle CD-L
  3. 4 Kofi Balmer CD-R
  4. 14 Ben Purrington LB
  5. 2 Tom James ▼ RB
  6. 24 Tommy Leigh ▼ AM
  7. 22 Keenan Gough LM
  8. 6 Clinton Mola RM
  9. 29 Fabrizio Cavegn F
  10. 10 Bobby Kamwa ▼ AM-L
  11. 7 Shaqai Forde ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 11 Jack Aitchison ▲ SUB
  2. 8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny ▲ SUB
  3. 19 Ellis Harrison ▲ SUB
  4. 21 Richard Smallwood ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 9 Joe Quigley SUB
  2. 17 Ciaran Kelly SUB
  3. 32 Charlie Binns SUB
Newport County 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Jordan Wright G
  2. 4 Kyle Cameron CD-L
  3. 5 Lee Jenkins CD-R
  4. 3 Tom Davies ▼ LB
  5. 22 Cameron Norman RB
  6. 10 Harrison Biggins ▼ AM
  7. 6 Ciaran Brennan LM
  8. 2 Cameron Evans ▼ RM
  9. 27 Christian Doidge ▼ F
  10. 9 Shaquille Gwengwe AM-L
  11. 20 Yahya Bamba ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 40 Cole Jarvis ▲ SUB
  2. 8 Matt Smith ▲ SUB
  3. 34 Dan Sassi ▲ SUB
  4. 17 Alfie Merritt ▲ SUB
  5. 29 Keenan Patten ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 12 Joe Thomas SUB
  2. 25 Jake Turner SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+9' Fabrizio Cavegn (Bristol Rovers) Goal at 90'+9'
  2. 90'+6' Keenan Patten (Newport County) Substitution at 90'+6'
  3. 90'+1' Cole Jarvis (Newport County) Goal at 90'+1'
  4. 87' Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 87'
  5. 85' Cole Jarvis (Newport County) Substitution at 85'
  6. 85' Richard Smallwood (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 85'
  7. 85' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 85'
  8. 79' Jack Aitchison (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 79'
  9. 76' Ciaran Brennan (Newport County) Yellow Card at 76'
  10. 75' Bobby Kamwa (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 75'
  11. 74' Bobby Kamwa (Bristol Rovers) Goal at 74'
  12. 74' Dan Sassi (Newport County) Substitution at 74'
8 earlier entries
  1. 74' Alfie Merritt (Newport County) Substitution at 74'
  2. 74' Matt Smith (Newport County) Substitution at 74'
  3. 61' Shaquille Gwengwe (Newport County) Goal at 61'
  4. 57' Lee Jenkins (Newport County) Own Goal at 57'
  5. 53' Fabrizio Cavegn (Bristol Rovers) Goal at 53'
  6. 45'+1' Ben Purrington (Bristol Rovers) Goal at 45'+1'
  7. 8' Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 8'
  8. 1' Harrison Biggins (Newport County) Goal at 1'

Recent form

Bristol Rovers L L D W W

  • W at Tranmere Rovers 2-1 EFL League Two
  • W Cheltenham Town 4-0 EFL League Two
  • D at Notts County 1-1 EFL League Two
  • L Peterborough United 1-0 Carabao Cup
  • L at York City 3-2 EFL League Two

Newport County W L L W W

  • W Oldham Athletic 3-2 EFL League Two
  • W at Barrow 2-1 EFL League Two
  • L AS Roma 4-1 Club Friendly
  • L at AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Carabao Cup
  • W Rochdale 3-0 EFL League Two

Head to head

BRI leads series 3-2

  • 31 Jan 2026 Bristol Rovers 3–0 Newport County 2025-26 English League Two
  • 6 Sep 2025 Newport County 2–3 Bristol Rovers 2025-26 English League Two
  • 14 Nov 2023 Newport County 0–1 Bristol Rovers 2023-24 EFL Trophy
  • 5 Mar 2022 Newport County 1–0 Bristol Rovers 2021-22 English League Two
  • 23 Oct 2021 Bristol Rovers 1–3 Newport County 2021-22 English League Two