Rotherham United 2-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 20 October 2026

Result

Rotherham United 2-2 Newport County

League Two · Tuesday 20 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham · half-time 2-1

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Rotherham United 2-2 Newport County: match report

Rotherham United drew with Newport County 2-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at AESSEAL New York Stadium. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Paul Mullin opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Paul Mullin (4', penalty) and Aaron Nemane (12'). Newport County scored through Harrison Biggins (28', penalty) and Gerard Garner (54').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 23rd on 10 points from 11 and Newport County 11th on 14 points from 11. In the current table Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points and Newport County are 14th on 18 points.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Harrison Biggins of Newport County (8.1), ahead of Aaron Nemane (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Paul MullinRotherham United · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Aaron NemaneRotherham United · 2-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Jamie JellisRotherham United
  • 28'Penalty goal · Harrison BigginsNewport County · 2-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Gerard GarnerNewport County
  • 42'Yellow card · Paul MullinRotherham United
  • 54'Goal · Gerard GarnerNewport County · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Hamish DouglasRotherham United

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Newport County144642017+318WDDLW
22Rotherham United142661825-712LLDDL

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Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Julian Eyestone, Joe Rafferty, Dominic Iorfa, Hamish Douglas, Denzel Hall, Kian Spence, Jayce Fitzgerald, Jamie Jellis, Aaron Nemane, Paul Mullin, Jili Buyabu

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

Jordan Wright, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Joe Thomas, Cameron Norman, Matt Dibley-Dias, Ciaran Brennan, Alfie Merritt, Michael Adu-Poku, Gerard Garner, Harrison Biggins

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