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Northampton Town

1 — 0 Sep 05, 2026 · 07:30 PM IST

Newport County

League Two · Round 5

Venue Sixfields Stadium, Northampton, East Midlands

Referee Alan Young

Attendance 5,546

Player of the Match Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh 8.2 90' played

Match Events

31' Away Matt Dibley-Dias

HT

55' Home ↔ Matthew Warhurst → Sam Chambers

55' Home ↔ Logan Briggs → Connor Lemonheigh-Evans

60' Home Matthew Warhurst

64' Away ↔ Tanatswa Nyakuhwa → Kieron Evans

70' Away ↔ Joe Thomas → Matty Jacob

79' Home ↔ Sam Hoskins → Harvey Saunders

79' Home ↔ Owen Dale → Nathaniel Opoku

83' Away ↔ Michael Adu-Poku → Yahya Bamba

83' Away ↔ Cameron Evans → Matt Dibley-Dias

83' Away ↔ Gerard Garner → Shaquille Gwengwe ↗

86' Away Cameron Evans

87' Home ⚽ Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh — 1-0

90 + 3' Home Logan Briggs

FT

Match Stats

54 46

Ball possession

0.45 0.32

Expected goals (xG)

8 2

Total shots

4 2

Shots on target

10 14

Touches in opposition box

0 0

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

291 (74%) 224 (66%)

Accurate passes

3 2

Yellow cards

2 0

Corners

Lineups

Northampton Town (4-4-2)

Coach: Chris Hogg

Starting XI

1 Zachary Jeacock 7.7

24 Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 6.8

6 Elliott Moore 7.3

5 John Guthrie 8

3 James Maxwell 7.6

16 Joe Wormleighton 8

4 Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh 8.2

14 Tyrese Fornah 7.5

26 Sam Chambers 6.4

32 Harvey Saunders 7

17 Nathaniel Opoku 7.1

Substitutes

20 Logan Briggs 6.3

9 Matthew Warhurst 5.7

19 Owen Dale 6

7 Sam Hoskins 6.2

34 Ross Fitzsimons

35 Max Dyche

22 Josh Powell

Newport County (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Hayden Mullins

Starting XI

1 Jordan Wright 7.2

22 Cameron Norman 6.8

5 Lee Jenkins 7.2

4 Kyle Cameron 6.4

16 Matty Jacob 7

24 Matt Dibley-Dias 7.1

6 Ciarán Brennan 8.1

10 Harrison Biggins 6.6

20 Yahya Bamba 6

7 Kieron Evans 6.3

9 Shaquille Gwengwe ↗

Substitutes

21 Tanatswa Nyakuhwa 6

12 Joe Thomas 6.5

2 Cameron Evans

23 Michael Adu-Poku

19 Gerard Garner

25 Jake Turner

34 Dan Sassi