Newport County 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Newport County 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons
League Two · Saturday 23 August 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Newport County 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons: match report
Newport County were beaten by Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Habeeb Ogunneye opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Newport County's goal came from Habeeb Ogunneye (6'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (45+1', penalty) and Callum Paterson (51').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Milton Keynes Dons 5th on 8 points from 4. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 1st with 87.
Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Sanders of Milton Keynes Dons (7.8), level with Callum Paterson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 2 draws and 3 for Milton Keynes Dons.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Habeeb Ogunneye
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 51'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 70'Missed penalty · Bobby Kamwa
- 77'Yellow card · Nathan Thompson
- 83'Yellow card · Tom Davies
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jonathan Leko
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nik Tzanev, Habeeb Ogunneye, Lee Jenkins, Matthew Baker, Tom Davies, Matthew Smith, Ben Lloyd, Michael Spellman, Cameron Antwi, Bobby Kamwa, Michael Reindorf
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-3)
Craig MacGillivray, Gethin Jones, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jack Sanders, Luke Offord, Will Collar, Liam Kelly, Alex Gilbey, Aaron Nemane, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing