Newport County 1-4 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 27 January 2026

Result

Newport County 1-4 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Tuesday 27 January 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newport County 1-4 Accrington Stanley: match report

Newport County were beaten by Accrington Stanley 1-4 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alex Henderson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Nathaniel Opoku (35'). Accrington Stanley scored through Alex Henderson (2'), Isaac Sinclair (51'), Paddy Madden (82') and Isaac Heath (90+2').

Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Accrington Stanley received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 23rd on 20 points from 26 and Accrington Stanley 16th on 34 points from 26. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.

Newport County lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Sinclair of Accrington Stanley (8.0), ahead of Devon Matthews (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Alex HendersonAccrington Stanley · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Devon MatthewsAccrington Stanley
  • 32'Yellow cardAccrington Stanley
  • 32'Yellow card · Conor GrantAccrington Stanley
  • 35'Goal · Nathaniel OpokuNewport County · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Connor O'BrienAccrington Stanley
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Michael SpellmanNewport County
  • 51'Goal · Isaac SinclairAccrington Stanley · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Ben LloydNewport County
  • 65'Yellow card · Nathaniel OpokuNewport County
  • 69'Second yellow · Nathaniel OpokuNewport County
  • 82'Goal · Paddy MaddenAccrington Stanley · 1-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Isaac HeathAccrington Stanley · 1-4
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Farrend RawsonAccrington Stanley
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Seamus ConneelyAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jordan Wright, Joe Thomas, Matthew Baker, Ryan Delaney, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Ciaran Brennan, Michael Spellman, Matthew Smith, Harrison Biggins, Bobby Kamwa, Nathaniel Opoku Onyina

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-2-1)

Oliver Wright, Donald Love, Farrend Rawson, Devon Matthews, Connor O'Brien, Conor Grant, Isaac Sinclair, Isaac Heath, Shaun Whalley, Alex Henderson, Paddy Madden