Bristol Rovers 5-3 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Bristol Rovers 5-3 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026, 11:30 UTC · Memorial Stadium, Bristol · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 5-3 Newport County: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Newport County 5-3 in the League Two on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Memorial Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.

Harrison Biggins opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ben Purrington (45+1'), Fabrizio Cavegn (53'), an own goal by Lee Jenkins (57'), Bobby Kamwa (74') and Fabrizio Cavegn (90+9'). Newport County scored through Harrison Biggins (1'), Shaquille Gwengwe (61') and Cole Jarvis (90+1').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points and Newport County are 14th on 18 points.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newport County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabrizio Cavegn of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Christian Doidge (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Harrison BigginsNewport County · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Clinton MolaBristol Rovers
  • 45+1'Goal · Ben PurringtonBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Fabrizio CavegnBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 57'Own goal · Lee JenkinsBristol Rovers · 3-1
  • 61'Goal · Shaquille GwengweNewport County · 3-2
  • 74'Goal · Bobby KamwaBristol Rovers · 4-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Bobby KamwaBristol Rovers
  • 76'Yellow card · Ciaran BrennanNewport County
  • 90+1'Goal · Cole JarvisNewport County · 4-3
  • 90+9'Goal · Fabrizio CavegnBristol Rovers · 5-3

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Newport County144642017+318WDDLW
17Bristol Rovers145181723-616LLLDL

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 0, Newport County 0.

Team news

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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Ben Purrington, Clinton Mola, Keenan Gough, Shaq Forde, Tommy Leigh, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn

Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Tom Davies, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Shaquille Gwengwe, Christian Doidge

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