Newport County 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 3 March 2026
Result
Newport County 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Tuesday 3 March 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Newport County won against Tranmere Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 3 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sam Finley opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goals came from Michael Spellman (35'), Cameron Evans (88') and Michael Spellman (90+6'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Sam Finley (2').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newport County were 24th on 25 points from 34 and Tranmere Rovers 19th on 35 points from 34. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Spellman of Newport County (8.5), ahead of Cameron Evans (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newport County wins, 1 draw and 5 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Sam Finley
- 22'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 35'Goal · Michael Spellman
- 45+1'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 45+3'Red card · Sam Finley
- 45+5'Yellow card · Bobby Kamwa
- 80'Yellow card · James Plant
- 88'Goal · Cameron Evans
- 90+6'Goal · Michael Spellman
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jordan Wright, Cameron Evans, Matthew Baker, Ryan Delaney, Tom Davies, Michael Spellman, Sven Sprangler, Harrison Biggins, Ben Lloyd, Bobby Kamwa, Courtney Baker-Richardson
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marko Marosi, Cameron Norman, Nathan Smith, Stephan Negru, Patrick Brough, James Plant, Sam Finley, Lewis Warrington, Omari Patrick, Zech Obiero, Joe Ironside