5 - 3

Full time

Newport County

Saturday 22 August 2026 · 12:30 · HT 1-1

Bristol Rovers v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a League Two game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use League Two games only.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Bristol Rovers v Newport County, full match

64%

Possession

36%

26

Shots

8

9

Shots on target

3

11

Corners

1

6

Fouls

8

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

5

Goals and cards

1'

Goal

Harrison Biggins NEW

8'

Yellow card

Clinton Mola BRI

45+1'

Goal

Ben Purrington BRI

53'

Goal

Fabrizio Cavegn BRI

57'

Goal

Lee Jenkins NEW

61'

Goal

Shaquille Gwengwe NEW

74'

Goal

Bobby Kamwa BRI

75'

Yellow card

Bobby Kamwa BRI

76'

Yellow card

Ciaran Brennan NEW

90+1'

Goal

Cole Jarvis NEW

90+9'

Goal

Fabrizio Cavegn BRI

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Bristol Rovers

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Brad Young

DEFENDERS

2

4

14

26

MIDFIELDERS

6

Clinton Mola

22

Keenan Gough

24

Tommy Leigh

FORWARDS

7

Shaqai Forde

10

Bobby Kamwa

29

Fabrizio Cavegn

SUBSTITUTES

32

Charlie Binns

17

Ciaran Kelly

8

Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny

11

21

9

19

Newport County

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jordan Wright

DEFENDERS

3

4

5

22

MIDFIELDERS

2

Cameron Evans

6

Ciaran Brennan

10

Harrison Biggins

FORWARDS

9

Shaquille Gwengwe

20

Yahya Bamba

27

Christian Doidge

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

17

34

8

29

40

Referee

The referee hasn't been announced yet.

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

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Result

Goals

Halves

Corners

Cards & fouls

Shots

Players

Offsides

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Match result

Bet

BRI

NEW

Match

League

Win

0%

0/1

100%

1/1

42%

Draw

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/2

17%

Loss

100%

1/1

0%

0/1

42%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

BRI

NEW

League

Clean sheet

0%

0/1

100%

1/1

38%

Win to nil

0%

0/1

100%

1/1

29%

To score

100%

1/1

100%

1/1

63%

Fail to score

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

38%

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Bristol Rovers

Last 5 games before this match

15 Aug

York City

(A)

2-3

L

Newport County

Last 5 games before this match

15 Aug

Rochdale

(H)

3-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2026/27 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Bristol Rovers and Newport County haven't met in a league game since 2026/27.

League Two table

2026/27 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Salford City

13

9

1

3

23

14

+9

28

W

2

Barnet

12

7

4

1

27

17

+10

25

W

D

L

W

3

Cheltenham Town

13

6

3

4

22

0

21

W

L

4

Crewe Alexandra

13

5

6

2

16

0

21

L

W

5

York City

13

5

3

22

16

+6

20

L

W

D

6

Walsall

12

4

7

1

18

11

+7

19

L

W

D

7

Chesterfield

13

5

4

23

17

+6

19

W

D

L

D

W

8

Exeter City

13

5

4

10

7

+3

19

W

D

W

9

Accrington Stanley

13

4

6

3

22

16

+6

18

W

D

W

D

W

10

Shrewsbury Town

13

5

3

5

16

20

-4

18

D

W

L

W

11

Grimsby Town

13

4

5

4

19

16

+3

17

W

D

L

12

Gillingham

13

4

5

4

18

0

17

L

D

L

W

D

13

Tranmere Rovers

13

3

7

3

16

0

16

D

W

L

D

L

14

Swindon Town

13

4

5

13

16

-3

16

D

W

D

L

15

Bristol Rovers

13

5

1

7

16

20

-4

16

D

L

16

Newport County

13

3

6

4

16

0

15

L

D

W

D

17

Rochdale

13

4

3

6

15

22

-7

15

L

D

L

D

W

18

Fleetwood Town

13

3

5

15

17

-2

14

L

W

D

L

19

Northampton Town

11

3

4

8

0

13

W

L

W

D

L

20

Oldham Athletic

12

3

6

14

18

-4

12

D

L

W

D

L

21

Colchester United

12

2

6

4

11

16

-5

12

L

D

L

D

22

Rotherham United

13

2

6

5

17

23

-6

12

D

L

23

Port Vale

11

3

5

6

12

-6

12

L

D

W

L

24

Crawley Town

11

1

3

7

12

21

-9

6

D

L

D

L

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Bristol Rovers v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Lineups

Bristol Rovers

Newport County

Referee

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Bristol Rovers

Newport County

Head to head

League Two table

Match result

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season