Gillingham vs Newport County

League Two · Jan 17, 2026 · 15:00

Final score: Gillingham 3–2 Newport County

Standings

• Gillingham: #17 · 53 Pts · 46 P (13W 14D 19L)
• Newport County: #20 · 43 Pts · 46 P (12W 7D 27L)

Recent form

Gillingham

• L Jan 1, 2026: Swindon Town 2–0 Gillingham
• D Dec 29, 2025: Gillingham 1–1 Colchester
• D Dec 26, 2025: Gillingham 1–1 Cambridge United
• L Dec 20, 2025: Fleetwood Town 2–1 Gillingham
• D Dec 13, 2025: Gillingham 2–2 Barrow

Newport County

• L Jan 1, 2026: Bromley 2–1 Newport County
• W Dec 29, 2025: Newport County 2–0 Crewe
• D Dec 26, 2025: Newport County 0–0 Barnet
• L Dec 20, 2025: Colchester 4–1 Newport County
• L Dec 13, 2025: Newport County 0–2 Fleetwood Town

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-17T15:00:00+00:00: Gillingham 3–2 Newport County
• 2025-11-01T15:00:00+00:00: Newport County 1–1 Gillingham
• 2025-09-20T14:00:00+00:00: Newport County 1–3 Gillingham
• 2025-03-04T19:45:00+00:00: Newport County 3–1 Gillingham
• 2024-10-22T18:45:00+00:00: Gillingham 0–2 Newport County

Match events

• 4' Goal Normal Goal — M. Spellman (Newport County) (assists: N. Opoku)
• 30' Goal Normal Goal — C. Masterson (Gillingham) (assists: M. Clark)
• 55' subst Substitution 1 — M. Spellman (Newport County) (assists: T. Nyakuhwa)
• 62' Card Yellow Card — Max Clark (Gillingham)
• 70' subst Substitution 1 — J. Smith (Gillingham) (assists: G. McCleary)
• 76' subst Substitution 2 — M. Smith (Newport County) (assists: C. Brennan)
• 76' subst Substitution 3 — L. Jenkins (Newport County) (assists: C. Antwi)
• 84' Goal Normal Goal — C. Antwi (Newport County) (assists: T. Nyakuhwa)
• 86' subst Substitution 2 — A. Rowe (Gillingham) (assists: R. Hutton)
• 87' subst Substitution 3 — J. Andrews (Gillingham) (assists: S. Vokes)
• 88' subst Substitution 4 — L. Shephard (Newport County) (assists: J. Thomas)
• 89' subst Substitution 5 — N. Opoku (Newport County) (assists: J. Crole)
• 90'+16 Card Yellow Card — Andy Smith (Gillingham)
• 90' Card Yellow Card — Bradley Dack (Gillingham)
• 90'+16 Card Yellow Card — Matthew Baker (Newport County)
• 90'+16 Card Yellow Card — Ciaran Brennan (Newport County)
• 90'+12 subst Substitution 4 — B. Dack (Gillingham) (assists: E. Coleman)
• 90' Goal Penalty — A. Little (Gillingham)
• 90' Goal Normal Goal — G. McCleary (Gillingham) (assists: M. Clark)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 6 — 7
• Shots off Goal: 6 — 4
• Total Shots: 19 — 22
• Blocked Shots: 7 — 11
• Shots insidebox: 16 — 14
• Shots outsidebox: 3 — 8
• Fouls: 13 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 4 — 5
• Offsides: 3 — 0
• Ball Possession: 56% — 44%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 2
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 5 — 3
• Total passes: 419 — 327
• Passes accurate: 326 — 222
• Passes %: 78% — 68%
• expected_goals: 3.90 — 1.48
• goals_prevented: – — –