Newport County 1-4 Accrington Stanley: result and report

Newport County 1-4 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Tuesday 27 January 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Newport County · Accrington Stanley · League Two predictions

Newport County were beaten by Accrington Stanley 1-4 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alex Henderson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Nathaniel Opoku (35'). Accrington Stanley scored through Alex Henderson (2'), Isaac Sinclair (51'), Paddy Madden (82') and Isaac Heath (90+2').

Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Accrington Stanley received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 23rd on 20 points from 26 and Accrington Stanley 16th on 34 points from 26. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.

Newport County lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Sinclair of Accrington Stanley (8.0), ahead of Devon Matthews (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 3 for Accrington Stanley.