Salford City 1-3 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 17 February 2026
Result
Salford City 1-3 Newport County
League Two · Tuesday 17 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Salford City 1-3 Newport County: match report
Salford City were beaten by Newport County 1-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 17 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ryan Delaney opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Salford City's goal came from Ben Woodburn (90+4'). Newport County scored through Ryan Delaney (13'), Ben Lloyd (56') and Nathaniel Opoku (59').
Discipline: Salford City received 4 yellow cards; Newport County received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 6th on 52 points from 29 and Newport County 24th on 21 points from 31. Salford City went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Newport County 20th with 43.
Salford City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Newport County in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Delaney of Newport County (7.9), ahead of Ben Lloyd (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Salford City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newport County.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Ryan Delaney
- 29'Yellow card · Cameron Evans
- 52'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 56'Goal · Ben Lloyd
- 59'Goal · Nathaniel Opoku
- 62'Yellow card · Harrison Biggins
- 69'Yellow card · S. Sprangler
- 71'Yellow card · Kelly N'Mai
- 76'Yellow card · J. Grant
- 87'Yellow card · Ryan Graydon
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ben Woodburn
- 90+4'Goal · Ben Woodburn
- 90+7'Yellow card · Nathaniel Opoku
Head-to-head
Team news
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Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Matty Young, Ollie Turton, Brandon Cooper, Luke Garbutt, Ossama Ashley, Haji Mnoga, Kelly N'Mai, Matt Butcher, Kadeem Harris, Ryan Graydon, Daniel Udoh
Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jordan Wright, Liam Shephard, Matthew Baker, Ryan Delaney, Tom Davies, Sven Sprangler, Cameron Evans, Harrison Biggins, Ben Lloyd, Courtney Baker-Richardson, James Crole