English EFL Trophy

FT Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Newport County DLLDD 2
–
Swindon Town WWLLL 0
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The County Ground · 1,368 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
40.2
Possession
59.8
14
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
378
342
Passes
506
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
32
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SWI leads series 4-1

Lineups

SWI · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Lewis WardG
  2. 6James BallCD
  3. 34Billy KirkmanCD-L
  4. 18James DebayoCD-R
  5. 14Daniel ButterworthCM-L
  6. 7Tom NicholsCM-R
  7. 2Mitchell ClarkLM
  8. 38Lucas Griffiths-BrownRM
  9. 29Antwoine HackfordF
  10. 22Jaylan PearmanCF-L
  11. 43Freddie HoareCF-R

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Jake TurnerG
  2. 34Dan SassiCD-L
  3. 12Joe ThomasCD-R
  4. 17Alfie MerrittLB
  5. 2Cameron EvansRB
  6. 36Harrison PughAM
  7. 40Cole JarvisLM
  8. 8Matt SmithRM
  9. 19Gerard GarnerF
  10. 20Yahya BambaAM-L
  11. 21Tanatswa NyakuhwaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Gerard Garner (Newport County) Goal at 4'
  2. 17' Gerard Garner (Newport County) Penalty - Missed at 17'
  3. 17' Lewis Ward (Swindon Town) Penalty - Saved at 17'
  4. 45' Dan Butler (Swindon Town) Substitution at 45'
  5. 60' Matthew Virtue-Thick (Swindon Town) Substitution at 60'
  6. 60' Joseph Hungbo (Swindon Town) Substitution at 60'
  7. 60' Matthew Dibley-Dias (Newport County) Substitution at 60'
  8. 63' Dan Butler (Swindon Town) Yellow Card at 63'
  9. 70' James Debayo (Swindon Town) Yellow Card at 70'
  10. 72' Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town) Substitution at 72'
  11. 72' Rory Da Costa (Swindon Town) Substitution at 72'
  12. 80' Kieron Evans (Newport County) Substitution at 80'
  13. 80' Tanatswa Nyakuhwa (Newport County) Goal at 80'
  14. 87' Shaquille Gwengwe (Newport County) Substitution at 87'
  15. 87' Harrison Halpin (Newport County) Substitution at 87'
  16. 87' Michael Adu-Poku (Newport County) Substitution at 87'

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