Newport County 1-4 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 3 May 2025
Result
Newport County 1-4 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 3 May 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 1-4 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Newport County were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 1-4 in the League Two on Saturday 3 May 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Shane McLoughlin opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Newport County's goal came from Shane McLoughlin (23'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Jake Garrett (41'), Kristian Dennis (48'), Omari Patrick (70') and Josh Davison (78').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 21st on 49 points from 45 and Tranmere Rovers 22nd on 48 points from 45. Newport County went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Tranmere Rovers 20th with 51.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Norman of Tranmere Rovers (8.8), ahead of Shane McLoughlin (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 0 draws and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Shane McLoughlin
- 27'Yellow card · Kai Whitmore
- 41'Goal · Jake Garrett
- 43'Yellow card · Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
- 48'Goal · Kristian Dennis
- 66'Second yellow · Kai Whitmore
- 70'Goal · Omari Patrick
- 78'Goal · Josh Davison
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Nick Townsend, Joe Thomas, Matthew Baker, Kyle Jameson, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Shane McLoughlin, Cameron Antwi, Kai Whitmore, Oliver Greaves, Bobby Kamwa, Kyle Hudlin
Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Cameron Norman, Chris Merrie, Jake Garrett, Sam Taylor, Omari Patrick, Kieron Morris, Kristian Dennis