League Two · ENG · Round 23

Newport County
2 - 0 Full time
Crewe Alexandra

Rodney Parade · Newport (Casnewydd)

Lineups

Newport County5-3-2
JW28Wright
LJ15Jenkins
MB4Baker
JC5Clarke
JT12Thomas
AD3↓85'Driscoll-Glennon
MS21↓74'Spellman
MS8↓85'Smith
SB44⚽Braybrooke
BK7↓90'Kamwa
CB9⚽↓75'Baker-Richardson
SW13Waller
JM4↓69'Mingi
JC18Connolly
LB2Billington
RH3Hutchinson
JP23↓54'Powell
MS6Sanders
TO26O'Reilly
OL19↓53'Lunt
DR15↓53'Rankine
LM31Moult
Crewe Alexandra4-2-3-1

Newport County substitutes

20 Ben Lloyd 6.4 ↑74'
24 Nathaniel Opoku 6.7 ↑75'
18 Liam Shephard ↑85'
6 Ciaran Brennan ↑85'
11 Cameron Antwi ↑90'
1 Nikola Tzanev
2 Cameron Evans

Coach: Christian Fuchs

Crewe Alexandra substitutes

17 Matus Holicek 6.0 ↑53'
20 Calum Agius 6.2 ↑53'
9 Omar Bogle 6.1 ↑54'
14 Charlie Finney 6.1 ↑69'
1 Tom Booth
22 Phil Croker
30 Stan Dancey

Coach: Lee Bell

Match events

28'Courtney Baker-Richardson 1 - 0⚽
40'Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
Second half
49'Jay Mingi
53'↑ Matus Holicek ↓ Owen Lunt⇄
53'↑ Calum Agius ↓ Dion Rankine⇄
54'↑ Omar Bogle ↓ Jack Powell⇄
69'↑ Charlie Finney ↓ Jay Mingi⇄
73'Louis Moult
74'↑ Ben Lloyd ↓ Michael Spellman⇄
75'↑ Nathaniel Opoku ↓ Courtney Baker-Richardson⇄
76'Sammy Braybrooke 2 - 0⚽
85'↑ Ciaran Brennan ↓ Matt Smith⇄
85'↑ Liam Shephard ↓ Anthony Driscoll-Glennon⇄
90+1'James Connolly
90+2'↑ Cameron Antwi ↓ Bobby Kamwa⇄

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionLeague Two
Kick-off (UTC)Monday, 29 December 2025, 19:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

6Newport County wins5Draws3Crewe Alexandra wins

14 past meetings on record. Biggest Newport County win: Crewe Alexandra 4–2 Newport County (2023). Biggest Crewe Alexandra win: Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Newport County (2025).

10 Dec 2025Crewe Alexandra 2 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
8 Feb 2025Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Newport CountyLeague Two
28 Sep 2024Newport County 2 - 1 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
29 Dec 2023Newport County 1 - 1 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
15 Aug 2023Crewe Alexandra 4 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
8 May 2023Newport County 2 - 2 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
2 Dec 2022Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
24 Aug 2019Newport County 1 - 0 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
12 Jan 2019Crewe Alexandra 3 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
11 Aug 2018Newport County 1 - 0 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
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24 Mar 2018Newport County 1 - 2 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two
12 Aug 2017Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Newport CountyLeague Two
11 Mar 2017Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Newport CountyLeague Two
20 Aug 2016Newport County 1 - 1 Crewe AlexandraLeague Two