Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Preliminary · 29 Jul 2025

Barnet 2–2 Newport County

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jun 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.7 – 1.4
Actual xG
5.7 – 5.0
Goals
2 – 2

Footybot made Barnet favourites at 65%.

Barnet deserved more from the draw, creating 5.7 xG to 5.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ollie Kensdale, 69.1 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Barnet

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Newport County

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Barnet

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ryan Galvin Defender9100.2277.7–
Ollie Kensdale Defender90000.0369.1–
Adam Senior Defender90000.1155.3–
Anthony Hartigan Midfielder90000.0452.1–
Scott High Midfielder23000.1649.7–
Danny Collinge Defender81000.5548.7–
Idris Kanu Midfielder90010.1146.4–
Rhys Browne Midfielder23101.3440.7–
Mark Shelton Midfielder6700–40.6–
Joe Wright Goalkeeper9000–40.3–
Joe Hugill Forward90001.2738.6–
Emmanuel Osadebe Midfielder45000.0833.2–
Ryan Glover Midfielder6700–30.9–
Dennis Adeniran Midfielder45000.9629.9–
Kane Smith Defender23010.7617.1–
Zak Brunt Midfielder67000.0416.5–

Newport County

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Nikola Tzanev Goalkeeper9000–53.6–
Matthew Baker Defender9000–45.2–
Michael Reindorf Forward63100.4444.4–
Joe Thomas Defender9000–39.4–
Cameron Evans Defender45000.7639.2–
Courtney Baker-Richardson Forward49000.1934.8–
Cameron Antwi Midfielder90100.8932.4–
Ben Lloyd Midfielder90000.7629.4–
Thomas Davies Defender72010.3729.3–
Gerard Garner Forward41000.7627.5–
Bobby Kamwa Midfielder27000.7626.1–
Matt Smith Midfielder45000.0624.1–
Lee Jenkins Defender9001–14.7–