EFL Trophy Southern Grp. E · ENG · Round 1

Newport County
2 - 2 Full time
Plymouth Argyle

Rodney Parade · Newport (Casnewydd)

Lineups

Newport County4-2-3-1
SM33MacDonald
CE2Evans
JT12Thomas
DS34Sassi
AM17Merritt
CJ40Jarvis
MS8Smith
YB20⚽Bamba
AL18Lewis
KE7⚽Evans
GG19Garner
JS21Storer
MS29Sorinola
MR2Ross
JM3MacKenzie
JR42Rendle
XA10Amaechi
TB19⚽Bakinson
CR24Roberts
TF26Finn
SC38Campbell
CW17Watts
Plymouth Argyle4-4-2

Newport County substitutes

1 Jordan Wright
5 Lee Jenkins 6.6
16 Matty Jacob 5.8
10 Harrison Biggins
24 Matt Dibley-Dias
27 Christian Doidge
23 Michael Adu-Poku 5.8

Plymouth Argyle substitutes

1 Murphy Cooper
45 Wes Harding 6.5
23 Bradley Ibrahim 6.8
7 Harvey White 6.4
11 Ronan Curtis
14 Oliver Irow 7.4
27 Aribim Pepple 6.9 ⚽

Match events

3'Kieron Evans 1 - 0⚽
Second half
59'Yahya Bamba (penalty) 2 - 0⚽
75'Aribim Pepple 2 - 1⚽
90'Tyreeq Bakinson 2 - 2⚽

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionEFL Trophy Southern Grp. E
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 18:00 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

4Newport County wins3Draws9Plymouth Argyle wins

16 past meetings on record. Biggest Newport County win: Plymouth Argyle 6–1 Newport County (2017). Biggest Plymouth Argyle win: Newport County 1–3 Plymouth Argyle (2016).

31 Aug 2021Newport County 2 - 0 Plymouth ArgyleEFL Trophy Southern Grp. E
10 Nov 2020Plymouth Argyle 3 - 1 Newport CountyEFL Trophy Southern Grp. E
1 Feb 2020Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Newport CountyLeague Two
17 Aug 2019Newport County 1 - 0 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Two
13 Nov 2018Newport County 2 - 0 Plymouth ArgyleEFL Trophy Southern Grp. E
17 Apr 2017Plymouth Argyle 6 - 1 Newport CountyLeague Two
21 Dec 2016Newport County 0 - 1 Plymouth ArgyleFA Cup
3 Dec 2016Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 Newport CountyFA Cup
22 Oct 2016Newport County 1 - 3 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Two
30 Aug 2016Plymouth Argyle 4 - 1 Newport CountyEFL Trophy Southern Grp. E
Show all 16 past meetings
28 Dec 2015Newport County 1 - 2 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Two
29 Aug 2015Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Newport CountyLeague Two
21 Mar 2015Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 Newport CountyLeague Two
26 Dec 2014Newport County 2 - 0 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Two
8 Apr 2014Newport County 1 - 2 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Two
22 Oct 2013Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 Newport CountyLeague Two