Grimsby Town 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025
Result
Grimsby Town 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Grimsby Town 2-1 Newport County: match report
Grimsby Town beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 August 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Grimsby Town's goals came from an own goal by Courtney Baker-Richardson (1') and Kieran Green (90+4'). Newport County scored through Matthew Baker (55').
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Newport County 10th on 4 points from 2. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 6th with 81 points, and Newport County 20th with 43.
Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Newport County in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Green of Grimsby Town (8.3), ahead of Matthew Baker (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Grimsby Town wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newport County.
Key events
- 1'Own goal · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 8'Yellow card · Matt Smith
- 19'Missed penalty · Jaze Kabia
- 30'Yellow card · Kai Whitmore
- 36'Yellow card · Cameron Evans
- 45+1'Yellow card · Jaze Kabia
- 55'Goal · Matthew Baker
- 62'Yellow card · Justin Amaluzor
- 90+4'Goal · Kieran Green
Head-to-head
Team news
Grimsby Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Christy Pym, Harvey Rodgers, Doug Tharme, Cameron McJannet, Jayden Sweeney, George McEachran, Justin Amaluzor, Kieran Green, Jamie Walker, Charles Vernam, Jaze Kabia
Newport County line-up (5-3-2)
Nik Tzanev, Habeeb Ogunneye, Liam Shephard, Lee Jenkins, Matthew Baker, Tom Davies, Kai Whitmore, Matthew Smith, Cameron Evans, Michael Reindorf, Courtney Baker-Richardson