Bristol Rovers 5–3 Newport County

BRRBristol Rovers

5–3

Full Time

NPTNewport County

Ben Purrington 45+1′
Fabrizio Cavegn 53′ · assist Tom James
Lee Jenkins 57′ og
Bobby Kamwa 74′ · assist Brad Young
Fabrizio Cavegn 90+9′ · assist Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny

Harrison Biggins 1′ · assist Christian Doidge
Shaquille Gwengwe 61′ · assist Christian Doidge
Cole Jarvis 90+1′ · assist Alfie Merritt

Saturday 22 August at 12:30 · Memorial Stadium · Referee Simon Mather

Match stats

64%Possession36%

26Shots8

9Shots on target3

5Big chances2

11Corners1

372

Line-ups

Bristol Rovers4-2-3-14-2-3-1Newport County

Next meetingNewport County v Bristol RoversSat, 13 Mar 2027

Previous meetings · last 5

3

Bristol Rovers

0

Draws

2

Newport County

Passes

215

64%Pass accuracy48%

6Tackles18

6Interceptions2

0Saves5

6Fouls8

3Offsides5

2Yellow cards1

How it happened

1′Harrison Biggins · assist Christian Doidge · away
8′Clinton Mola · home
45+1′Ben Purrington · home
53′Fabrizio Cavegn · assist Tom James · home
57′Lee Jenkins (own goal) · home
61′Shaquille Gwengwe · assist Christian Doidge · away
74′Alfie Merritt on for Tom Davies · away
74′Dan Sassi on for Christian Doidge · away
74′Matthew Smith on for Cameron Evans · away
74′Bobby Kamwa · assist Brad Young · home
75′Bobby Kamwa · home
76′Ciaran Brennan · away
79′Jack Aitchison on for Bobby Kamwa · home
85′Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny on for Shaq Forde · home
85′Cole Jarvis on for Yahya Bamba · away
85′Richard Smallwood on for Tom James · home
87′Ellis Harrison on for Tommy Leigh · home
90+1′Cole Jarvis · assist Alfie Merritt · away
90+6′Keenan Patten on for Harrison Biggins · away
90+9′Fabrizio Cavegn · assist Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny · home

BRRBristol Rovers4-2-3-1

1Brad YoungA
2Tom JamesA▾ 85′ (Smallwood on)
4Kofi Balmer
26Riley Harbottle
14Ben Purrington
6Clinton Mola
22Keenan Gough
7Shaq Forde▾ 85′ (Russell-Denny on)
24Tommy Leigh▾ 87′ (Harrison on)
10Bobby Kamwa▾ 79′ (Aitchison on)
29Fabrizio Cavegn

8Reiss-Alexander Russell-DennyA▴ 85′ for Forde

11Jack Aitchison▴ 79′ for Kamwa

19Ellis Harrison▴ 87′ for Leigh

21Richard Smallwood▴ 85′ for James

Bench: Joe Quigley, Ciarán Kelly, Charlie Binns

NPTNewport County4-2-3-1

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Newport County

Mar 2016Newport County1–4Bristol Rovers

We go again

▾ 85′ (Jarvis on)

10Harrison Biggins▾ 90+6′ (Patten on)

9Shaquille Gwengwe

27Christian DoidgeA2▾ 74′ (Sassi on)

8Matthew Smith▴ 74′ for Evans

17Alfie MerrittA▴ 74′ for Davies

29Keenan Patten▴ 90+6′ for Biggins

34Dan Sassi▴ 74′ for Doidge

40Cole Jarvis▴ 85′ for Bamba

Bench: Joe Thomas, Jake Turner