Newport County 2-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Newport County 2-2 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Rodney Parade, Casnewyd · half-time 1-0

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Newport County 2-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Newport County drew with Tranmere Rovers 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Rodney Parade. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Shaquille Gwengwe opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Newport County's goals came from Shaquille Gwengwe (11') and Shaquille Gwengwe (90'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Zane Okoro (71') and Dylan Jones (75').

Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 13th on 3 points from 2 and Tranmere Rovers 4th on 4 points from 2. In the current table Newport County are 14th on 18 points and Tranmere Rovers are 11th on 19 points.

Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Vaulks of Tranmere Rovers (7.5), level with Shaquille Gwengwe (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Shaquille GwengweNewport County · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Jacob SlaterTranmere Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · Christian DoidgeNewport County
  • 71'Goal · Zane OkoroTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Tom InceTranmere Rovers
  • 75'Goal · Dylan JonesTranmere Rovers · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Matt Dibley-DiasNewport County
  • 90'Goal · Shaquille GwengweNewport County · 2-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW
14Newport County144642017+318WDDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newport County 5, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

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Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Wright, Cameron Norman, Lee Jenkins, Kyle Cameron, Alfie Merritt, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Yahya Bamba, Harrison Biggins, Shaquille Gwengwe, Christian Doidge

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke McGee, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Nathan Smith, Jacob Slater, Will Vaulks, Tom Conlon, Zane Okoro, Tom Ince, Charlie Whitaker, Joe Ironside

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