Accrington Stanley 3-0 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023

Result

Accrington Stanley 3-0 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 3-0 Newport County: match report

Accrington Stanley won against Newport County 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jack Nolan opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Jack Nolan (24'), Shaun Whalley (80') and Korede Adedoyin (90+4'). Newport County did not score.

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received no yellow cards.

Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 57 points, and Newport County 18th with 55.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Newport County in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brad Hills of Accrington Stanley (8.8), ahead of Jack Nolan (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 4 draws and 5 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Jack NolanAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Lewis ShipleyAccrington Stanley
  • 39'Yellow card · Tommy LeighAccrington Stanley
  • 80'Goal · Shaun WhalleyAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 90+4'Goal · Korede AdedoyinAccrington Stanley · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 1, draws 4, Newport County 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Joe PritchardAccrington Stanley · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-1-4-1)

Toby Savin, Kelvin Mellor, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Brad Hills, Lewis Shipley, Seamus Conneely, Jack Nolan, Liam Coyle, Tommy Leigh, Sean McConville, Josh Andrews

Newport County line-up (3-4-1-2)

Nick Townsend, James Clarke, Ryan Delaney, Kyle Jameson, Shane McLoughlin, Scot Bennett, Bryn Morris, Adam Lewis, Aaron Wildig, S. Palmer-Houlden, Will Evans