Salford City 2–1 Newport County

EFL League Two 2026/27 Matchweek 4 · 1 Sep 2026

Salford City vs Newport County in the EFL League Two 2026/27.

At The Peninsula Stadium, Salford, Greater Manchester.

Salford City beat Newport County 2–1. H. Biggins opened the scoring for Newport County after 71 minutes. K. N'Mai made it 2–1 after 90 minutes, and that was the winner.

What the result changed

Salford City went into the match 23rd and came out of it 20th, on 3 points. Newport County went into the match 11th and came out of it 14th, on 4 points.

Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.

Goalscorers

The table as it stood on 1 Sep 2026

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1Bristol Rovers4+59
2Barnet4+48
3Walsall4+48
4Crewe4+28
5Oldham4+47
6Cheltenham4+17
7York4+17
8Colchester407
9Swindon Town407
10Tranmere4+26
11Grimsby4+16
12Fleetwood Town4+16
13Rotherham405
14Newport County404
15Exeter City404
16Chesterfield4-14
17Crawley Town4-24
18Northampton4-13
19Rochdale4-23
20Salford City4-33
21Gillingham4-33
22Shrewsbury4-63
23Accrington ST4-32
24Port Vale4-42

Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Where clubs are level on all three, the order between them is ours and not the competition's.

Salford City before this match

Newport County before this match