Salford City 2-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026

Result

Salford City 2-1 Newport County

League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · The Peninsula Stadium, Salford · half-time 0-0

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Salford City 2-1 Newport County: match report

Salford City beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at The Peninsula Stadium. The half-time score was 0-0.

Harrison Biggins opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Salford City's goals came from Taylor Allen (83') and Kelly N'Mai (90'). Newport County scored through Harrison Biggins (71').

Discipline: Salford City received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Salford City were 23rd on 0 points from 3 and Newport County 11th on 4 points from 3. In the current table Salford City are 1st on 31 points and Newport County are 14th on 18 points.

Salford City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Newport County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Taylor Allen of Salford City (8.1), ahead of Joe Powell (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Salford City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Joe ThomasNewport County
  • 68'Yellow card · Ryan GraydonSalford City
  • 71'Goal · Harrison BigginsNewport County · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Alfie MerrittNewport County
  • 83'Goal · Taylor AllenSalford City · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Cameron NormanNewport County
  • 90'Goal · Kelly N'MaiSalford City · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Salford City1410132515+1031WWWWW
14Newport County144642017+318WDDLW

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Salford City 3, draws 1, Newport County 2.

Team news

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Salford City line-up (5-3-2)

Will Norris, Luke Molyneux, Will Aimson, Adebola Oluwo, Taylor Allen, Abraham Odoh, Kallum Cesay, Brendan Wiredu, Joe Powell, Macaulay Langstaff, Ryan Graydon

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

Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Joe Thomas, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Alfie Merritt, Shaquille Gwengwe

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