Matchday

FA Cup 25/26, Round 2 · 7 Dec 2025

Boreham Wood 3–0 Newport County

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
2.8 – 1.1
Actual xG
3.3 – 0.9
Goals
3 – 0

Footybot made Boreham Wood favourites at 72%.

Boreham Wood won and made the better chances: 3.3 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sammy Braybrooke, 62.4 in 70′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Boreham Wood

1 Nov 2025W 3–0v Crawley Town FA Cup

Newport County

1 Nov 2025D 1–1v Gillingham FA Cup
12 Aug 2025L 0–1v Millwall EFL Cup
29 Jul 2025D 2–2at Barnet EFL Cup

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Boreham Wood

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ted Curd Goalkeeper9000–54.4–
Matt Rush Forward86100.8345.2–
Callum Reynolds Defender9000–42.6–
Jeff King Defender90100.1238.6–
Charlie O'Connell Midfielder90000.3035.3–
Zak Brunt Midfielder89010.4135.0–
Regan Booty Midfielder90101.5334.4–
Joe Newton Defender7500–29.3–
Lewis Richardson Midfielder15000.1225.1–
Luke Norris Forward900–22.0–
Chris Bush Defender9000–17.5–
Oluwafemi Ilesanmi Defender1500–16.3–

Newport County

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sammy Braybrooke Midfielder70000.0462.4–
Michael Spellman Midfielder3000–53.6–
Gerard Garner Forward82000.4646.2–
Ciaran Brennan Midfielder9000–45.5–
Akin Odimayo Defender9000–45.4–
Nathaniel Opoku Forward71000.1745.0–
Nikola Tzanev Goalkeeper9000–42.0–
Bobby Kamwa Midfielder60000.2341.4–
Joe Thomas Defender3000–38.0–
Moses Alexander-Walker Forward800–36.8–
Michael Reindorf Forward1900–35.1–
Thomas Davies Defender9000–35.0–
Ben Lloyd Midfielder90000.0534.8–