Port Vale 3-2 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2025

Result

Port Vale 3-2 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Port Vale 3-2 Newport County: match report

Port Vale beat Newport County 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 18 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.

Bobby Kamwa opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ben Garrity (29'), Jayden Stockley (62') and Jaheim Headley (77'). Newport County scored through Bobby Kamwa (12') and Cameron Evans (33').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 6th on 41 points from 25 and Newport County 19th on 26 points from 23. Port Vale went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Newport County 22nd with 49.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Newport County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jaheim Headley of Port Vale (7.9), ahead of Ben Garrity (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 3 draws and 5 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Bobby KamwaNewport County · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Ryan CroasdalePort Vale
  • 27'Yellow card · Nathan SmithPort Vale
  • 29'Goal · Ben GarrityPort Vale · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Cameron EvansNewport County · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Kyle JamesonNewport County
  • 62'Goal · Jayden StockleyPort Vale · 2-2
  • 77'Goal · Jaheim HeadleyPort Vale · 3-2
  • 87'Second yellow · Kyle JamesonNewport County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 3, Newport County 5.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Amos, Kyle John, Nathan Smith, Sam Hart, Mitch Clark, Ryan Croasdale, Jason Lowe, Ben Garrity, Jaheim Headley, Antwoine Hackford, L. Tolaj

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

Jacob Carney, Cameron Evans, Ciaran Brennan, Matthew Baker, Shane McLoughlin, Kieron Evans, Cameron Antwi, David Ajiboye, Kai Whitmore, Bobby Kamwa, Oliver Greaves