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Newport County

2 — 2 Oct 06, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Plymouth Argyle

EFL Trophy Southern Grp. E · Round 1

Venue Rodney Parade, Newport (Casnewydd)

Referee Niall Smith

Attendance 1,697

Player of the Match Xavier Amaechi 8.7 90' played

Match Events

3' Home ⚽ Kieron Evans — 1-0

HT

59' Home ⚽ Yahya Bamba — 2-0

75' Away ⚽ Aribim Pepple — 2-1

90' Away ⚽ Tyreeq Bakinson — 2-2

FT

Match Stats

32 68

Ball possession

9 12

Total shots

3 5

Shots on target

10 18

Touches in opposition box

3 7

Big chances

2 5

Big chances missed

163 (61%) 473 (82%)

Accurate passes

0 1

Yellow cards

0 4

Corners

Lineups

Newport County (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

33 Shaun MacDonald 8.4

2 Cameron Evans 5.6

12 Joe Thomas 6.9

34 Dan Sassi 7.1

17 Alfie Merritt 6.8

40 Cole Jarvis 6.5

8 Matt Smith 7.7

20 Yahya Bamba 7.8

18 Aaron Lewis 6.8

7 Kieron Evans 7.8

19 Gerard Garner 6.3

Substitutes

1 Jordan Wright

5 Lee Jenkins 6.6

16 Matty Jacob 5.8

10 Harrison Biggins

24 Matt Dibley-Dias

27 Christian Doidge

23 Michael Adu-Poku 5.8

Plymouth Argyle (4-4-2)

Starting XI

21 James Storer 6.8

29 Matthew Sorinola 7

2 Mathias Ross 6.7

3 Jack MacKenzie 6.7

42 Jared Rendle 6.9

10 Xavier Amaechi 8.7

19 Tyreeq Bakinson 8.1

24 Caleb Roberts 6.6

26 Tegan Finn 5.8

38 Sebastian Campbell 6.1

17 Caleb Watts 6.2

Substitutes

1 Murphy Cooper

45 Wes Harding 6.5

23 Bradley Ibrahim 6.8

7 Harvey White 6.4

11 Ronan Curtis

14 Oliver Irow 7.4

27 Aribim Pepple 6.9