EFL Trophy

Newport County 2-2 Plymouth

Newport County vs Plymouth finished 2-2 in EFL Trophy. Key event: 3' Kieron Thomas Evans (assist Matthew Smith · Normal Goal). Head to head: H2H last 2: 1-0-1. Home form: D W D D L; Away form: W L W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NEW 2 - 2 Finished

Competition EFL Trophy Season 2026 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 06 Oct 2026, 18:00 Venue time 06 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form D W D D L 6 pts, goals 3-3, 0.60 scored/match, 0.60 conceded/match

Away form W L W W W 12 pts, goals 14-4, 2.80 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Timeline 15 events

3' Goal Kieron Thomas Evans NEW assist Matthew Smith · Normal Goal

39' Yellow Caleb Watts PLY Foul

45' Sub joe thomas NEW on for Lee Thomas Jenkins

59' Goal Yahya Bamba NEW Penalty

59' Sub Mathias Ross Jensen PLY on for Wes Harding

60' Sub Caleb Watts PLY on for Aribim Pepple

60' Sub Tegan Finn PLY on for Oliver Irow

72' Sub Caleb Roberts PLY on for Bradley Ibrahim

72' Sub Jared Rendle PLY on for Harvey White

75' Goal Aribim Pepple PLY assist Xavier Amaechi · Normal Goal

78' Sub Cole Lewis Jarvis NEW on for Matty Jacobs

79' Sub Kieron Thomas Evans NEW on for Michael Adu-Poku

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82' Sub Gerard Garner NEW on for Christian Doidge

84' Sub Yahya Bamba NEW on for Harrison Biggins

90' Goal Tyreeq Bakinson PLY assist Xavier Amaechi · Normal Goal

Recent form

Showing 8 of 12 recent form matches.

Leyton Orient 0 - 2 Plymouth

Gillingham 0 - 0 Newport County

Newport County 2 - 1 Grimsby

Plymouth 0 - 1 Burton Albion

Plymouth 5 - 1 Crystal Palace U21

Blackpool 2 - 4 Plymouth

Accrington ST 0 - 0 Newport County

Plymouth 3 - 0 Barnsley

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Newport County 1 - 1 Fleetwood Town

Doncaster 2 - 3 Plymouth

Northampton 1 - 0 Newport County

Salford City 2 - 1 Newport County

Team statistics 11 metrics

32% Ball Possession 68%

32% 68%

9 Total Shots 12

42% 57%

3 Shots on Goal 5

37% 62%

0 Corner Kicks 4

0% 100%

10 Fouls 21

32% 67%

0 Yellow Cards 1

0% 100%

3 Goalkeeper Saves 1

75% 25%

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1 Blocked shots 2

5 Offsides 6

21 Free kicks 10

0 Red Cards 0

Lineups

33 S. MacDonald GK

2 C. Evans DEF

12 Joe Thomas DEF

34 D. Sassi DEF

17 Alfie Merritt DEF

40 C. Jarvis MID

8 M. Smith MID

20 Y. Bamba MID

18 A. Lewis MID

7 K. Evans MID

19 G. Garner FWD

21 James Storer GK

29 M. Sorinola DEF

2 M. Ross DEF 3 Jack Mackenzie DEF 42 Jared Rendle DEF

10 X. Amaechi MID

19 T. Bakinson MID

24 C. Roberts MID

26 T. Finn MID 38 Seb Campbell FWD

17 C. Watts FWD

Newport County

4-2-3-1 · Manager H. Mullins

33

S. MacDonald GK 2

C. Evans DEF 12

Joe Thomas DEF 34

D. Sassi DEF 17

Alfie Merritt DEF 40

C. Jarvis MID 8

M. Smith MID 20

Y. Bamba MID 18

A. Lewis MID 7

K. Evans MID 19

G. Garner FWD

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16

M. Jacob DEF 27

C. Doidge FWD 24

M. Dibley-Dias MID 10

H. Biggins MID 23

M. Adu-Poku FWD 5

L. Jenkins DEF 1

J. Wright GK

Plymouth

4-4-2 · Manager Tom Cleverley

21

James Storer GK 29

M. Sorinola DEF 2

M. Ross DEF

3 J Jack Mackenzie DEF

42 J Jared Rendle DEF

10

X. Amaechi MID 19

T. Bakinson MID 24

C. Roberts MID 26

T. Finn MID

38 S Seb Campbell FWD

17

C. Watts FWD

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1

M. Mahoney GK 11

R. Curtis FWD 45

W. Harding DEF 23

B. Ibrahim MID 14

O. Irow FWD 27

A. Pepple FWD 7

H. White MID