Newport County 1-3 Gillingham: result and report
League Two · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Newport County 1-3 Gillingham
League Two · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Newport County 1-3 Gillingham: match report
Newport County lost to Gillingham 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 20 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-3.
Nathaniel Opoku opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Newport County's goal came from Nathaniel Opoku (1'). Gillingham scored through Bradley Dack (23'), Jonny Smith (36') and Bradley Dack (45', penalty).
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 22nd on 5 points from 8 and Gillingham 2nd on 18 points from 8. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Gillingham 17th with 53.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gillingham in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Glenn Morris of Gillingham (8.2), ahead of Remeao Hutton (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newport County wins, 1 draw and 0 for Gillingham.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Nathaniel Opoku
- 5'Yellow card · Andy Smith
- 9'Missed penalty · Cameron Antwi
- 15'Yellow card · Michael Reindorf
- 23'Goal · Bradley Dack
- 30'Yellow card · Josh Andrews
- 36'Goal · Jonny Smith
- 44'Yellow card · Matthew Baker
- 45'Penalty goal · Bradley Dack
- 85'Yellow card · Aaron Rowe
- 90+4'Yellow card · Sam Gale
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-3-3)
Nik Tzanev, Habeeb Ogunneye, Lee Jenkins, Matthew Baker, Tom Davies, Kai Whitmore, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, Cameron Antwi, Bobby Kamwa, Nathaniel Opoku Onyina, Michael Reindorf
Gillingham line-up (4-1-3-2)
Glenn Morris, Remeao Hutton, Sam Gale, Andy Smith, Max Clark, Robbie McKenzie, Bradley Dack, Jonathan Williams, Jonny Smith, Elliott Nevitt, Josh Andrews