League Two Round 5
Northampton
1-0
Full time
Newport County
- J. O'Brien Whitmarsh 87'
Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
Last updated: Monday, 12 October 2026 (4 weeks ago). This data may not reflect the latest updates.
Match details
- Date
- Saturday 5 September 2026
- Time
- 15:00
- Status
- Full time
- Competition
- League Two
- Round
- Round 5
- Venue
- Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
- Home
- Northampton
- Away
- Newport County
Match report
Automatic report from match dataNorthampton beat Newport County 1-0 in the League Two. Goals: J. O'Brien Whitmarsh (87'). Northampton had 52% possession to Newport County's 48%. Shots were 8 to 2.
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- 87' J. O'Brien Whitmarsh
Match summary
- 52%Possession48%
- 4On target2
- 2Corners0
- 3🟨 0🟥Cards2🟨 0🟥
- Venue
- Sixfields Stadium
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Half-time score
- 0 - 0
The two teams in the table now
| Position | Team | P | Points | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 10 | 13 | WDWDD | |
| 23 | 8 | 7 | DLLWD |
Match events
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0'45'90'
- 31' Yellow card: Matthew Max Dibley-Dias Yellow Card
- 55' Substitution: C. Lemonheigh-Evans for L. Briggs
- 55' Substitution: S. Chambers for M. Warhurst
- 60' Yellow card: Matty Warhurst Yellow Card
- 64' Substitution: K. Evans for T. Nyakuhwa
- 70' Substitution: M. Jacob for J. Thomas
- 71' Yellow card: Joe Wormleighton Yellow Card
- 79' Substitution: N. Opoku for O. Dale
- 79' Substitution: H. Saunders for S. Hoskins
- 83' Substitution: M. Dibley-Dias for C. Evans
- 83' Substitution: S. Gwengwe for G. Garner
- 83' Substitution: Y. Bamba for M. Adu Poku
- 86' Yellow card: Cameron Evans Yellow Card
- 87' Goal: J. O'Brien Whitmarsh Normal Goal
- 90+3' Yellow card: Logan Briggs Yellow Card
Match statistics
- 0.63 Expected goals 0.51
- 291 Accurate passes 224
- 5 Shots insidebox 2
- 3 Shots outsidebox 0
- 11 Free Kicks 15
- 4 On target 2
- 2 Goalkeeper saves 3
- 4 Off target 0
- 1 Offsides 1
- 394 Passes 339
- 8 Shots 2
- 3 Yellow cards 2
- 2 Corners 0
- 15 Fouls 12
- 0 Red cards 0
- 52% Possession 48%
Northampton
4-4-2Coach: Chris Hogg
32Saunders
17Opoku
26Chambers
14Fornah
4Whitmarsh
24Lemonheigh-Evans
3Maxwell
5Guthrie
6Moore
16Wormleighton
1Jeacock
Starting XI
- 1Z. JeacockG
- 16J. WormleightonD
- 6E. MooreD
- 5J. GuthrieD
- 3J. MaxwellD
- 24C. Lemonheigh-EvansM
- 4J. O'Brien WhitmarshM
- 14T. FornahM
- 26S. ChambersM
- 17N. OpokuF
- 32H. SaundersF
Substitutes
- 34R. FitzsimonsG
- 22J. PowellD
- 35M. DycheD
- 20L. BriggsM
- 19O. DaleF
- 7S. HoskinsF
- 9M. WarhurstF
Newport County
4-2-3-1Coach: Hayden Mullins
9Gwengwe
7Evans
10Biggins
20Bamba
6Brennan
24Dibley-Dias
16Jacob
4Cameron
5Jenkins
22Norman
1Wright
Starting XI
- 1J. WrightG
- 22C. NormanD
- 5L. JenkinsD
- 4K. CameronD
- 16M. JacobD
- 24M. Dibley-DiasM
- 6C. BrennanM
- 20Y. BambaM
- 10H. BigginsM
- 7K. EvansM
- 9S. GwengweF
Substitutes
- 25J. TurnerG
- 34D. SassiD
- 2C. EvansM
- 12J. ThomasD
- 19G. GarnerF
- 21T. NyakuhwaF
- 23M. Adu PokuF
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Live commentary
Yellow card: Logan Briggs (Northampton)
Goal! J. O'Brien Whitmarsh scores for Northampton
Yellow card: Cameron Evans (Newport County)
Substitution for Newport County: Y. Bamba on, M. Adu Poku off
Substitution for Newport County: S. Gwengwe on, G. Garner off
Substitution for Newport County: M. Dibley-Dias on, C. Evans off
Substitution for Northampton: H. Saunders on, S. Hoskins off
Substitution for Northampton: N. Opoku on, O. Dale off
Yellow card: Joe Wormleighton (Northampton)
Substitution for Newport County: M. Jacob on, J. Thomas off
Substitution for Newport County: K. Evans on, T. Nyakuhwa off
Yellow card: Matty Warhurst (Northampton)
Substitution for Northampton: S. Chambers on, M. Warhurst off
Substitution for Northampton: C. Lemonheigh-Evans on, L. Briggs off
Yellow card: Matthew Max Dibley-Dias (Newport County)