Newport County 2-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report

Newport County 2-3 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 6 September 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Newport County · Bristol Rovers · League Two predictions

Newport County were beaten by Bristol Rovers 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 6 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Luke Thomas opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Newport County's goals came from Kai Whitmore (78') and Nathaniel Opoku (89'). Bristol Rovers scored through Luke Thomas (52'), Luke Thomas (59') and Ellis Harrison (72').

Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 20th on 4 points from 6 and Bristol Rovers 16th on 7 points from 6. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.

Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Thomas of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Nathaniel Opoku Onyina (7.8).

Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Bristol Rovers's W-W-D-L-L.