Northampton Town 1-0 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Northampton Town 1-0 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Sixfields Stadium, Northampton · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 1-0 Newport County: match report

Northampton Town won against Newport County 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Sixfields Stadium. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh of Northampton Town in the 87th minute.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 19th on 3 points from 4 and Newport County 15th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Northampton Town are 21st on 14 points and Newport County are 14th on 18 points.

Northampton Town 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 Jon Guthrie of Northampton Town (7.4), level with Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh (7.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Matt Dibley-DiasNewport County
  • 60'Yellow card · Matty WarhurstNorthampton Town
  • 71'Yellow card · Joe WormleightonNorthampton Town
  • 86'Yellow card · Cameron EvansNewport County
  • 87'Goal · Joe O'Brien-WhitmarshNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Logan BriggsNorthampton Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Newport County144642017+318WDDLW
21Northampton Town13355910-114WLWDL

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Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zach Jeacock, Joe Wormleighton, Elliott Moore, Jon Guthrie, James Maxwell, Tyrese Fornah, Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Harvey Saunders, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Sam Chambers, Nathaniel Opoku Onyina

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

Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Matty Jacob, Matt Dibley-Dias, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Kieron Evans, Shaquille Gwengwe

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