Boreham Wood vs Newport County, 2025-26 English FA Cup, Second Round
· English FA CupAbout
Boreham Wood are hosting Newport County
at Meadow Park, Borehamwood, England, starting on
. The match is a part of the English FA Cup.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood).
- 2': Habeeb Ogunneye (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Gerard Garner (Newport County).
- 6': Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Bobby Kamwa (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sammy Braybrooke.
- 13': Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Callum Reynolds.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Zak Brunt (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Érico Sousa.
- 15': Attempt saved. Gerard Garner (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Ted Curd (Boreham Wood).
- 16': Attempt missed. Matt Rush (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Abdul Abdulmalik.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdul Abdulmalik.
- 18': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Habeeb Ogunneye.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeff King.
- 19': Foul by Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood).
- 19': Sammy Braybrooke (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20': Foul by Habeeb Ogunneye (Newport County).
- 21': Offside, Boreham Wood. Chris Bush is caught offside.
- 24': Nathaniel Opoku (Newport County) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
- 27': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Nik Tzanev.
- 27': Attempt missed. Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Regan Booty with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Attempt missed. Charlie O'Connell (Boreham Wood) header from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Érico Sousa following a corner.
- 28': Offside, Newport County. Nathaniel Opoku is caught offside.
- 29': Foul by Matt Rush (Boreham Wood).
- 29': Tom Davies (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nik Tzanev (Newport County). Assisted by Érico Sousa.
- 32': Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Newport County 0. Jeff King (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 34': Attempt saved. Zak Brunt (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nik Tzanev (Newport County). Assisted by Érico Sousa.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zak Brunt.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 34': Foul by Charlie O'Connell (Boreham Wood).
- 34': Gerard Garner (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Goal! Boreham Wood 2, Newport County 0. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Zak Brunt.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Ben Lloyd (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Garner.
- 37': Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Regan Booty.
- 38': Attempt missed. Bobby Kamwa (Newport County) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sammy Braybrooke with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Gerard Garner (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Opoku.
- 38': Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Charlie O'Connell.
- 38': Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Joe Newton.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Bobby Kamwa (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Davies.
- 42': Attempt missed. Kai Whitmore (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zak Brunt.
- 44': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Ciarán Brennan.
- 45': Attempt missed. Charlie O'Connell (Boreham Wood) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Jeff King with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Attempt missed. Matt Rush (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Charlie O'Connell following a corner.
- 45'+1': Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Gerard Garner (Newport County).
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Boreham Wood 2, Newport County 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Boreham Wood 2, Newport County 0.
- 46': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Ciarán Brennan.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zak Brunt.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 48': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Tom Davies.
- 49': Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Ben Lloyd (Newport County).
- 50': Foul by Zak Brunt (Boreham Wood).
- 50': Habeeb Ogunneye (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Attempt missed. Abdul Abdulmalik (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Newton.
- 57': Attempt missed. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Newton.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Regan Booty (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Rush.
- 58': Foul by Regan Booty (Boreham Wood).
- 58': Habeeb Ogunneye (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Goal! Boreham Wood 3, Newport County 0. Matt Rush (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Érico Sousa with a through ball.
- 60': Substitution, Newport County. Joe Thomas replaces Habeeb Ogunneye.
- 60': Substitution, Newport County. Michael Spellman replaces Bobby Kamwa.
- 61': Foul by Michael Spellman (Newport County).
- 61': Joe Newton (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Handball by Charlie O'Connell (Boreham Wood).
- 65': Akin Odimayo (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 65': Foul by Charlie O'Connell (Boreham Wood).
- 66': Akin Odimayo (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Foul by Matt Rush (Boreham Wood).
- 68': Attempt missed. Ben Lloyd (Newport County) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michael Spellman.
- 68': Ben Lloyd (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Foul by Jeff King (Boreham Wood).
- 69': Attempt blocked. Sammy Braybrooke (Newport County) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 70': Substitution, Newport County. James Clarke replaces Sammy Braybrooke.
- 71': Substitution, Newport County. Michael Reindorf replaces Nathaniel Opoku.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Matt Rush (Boreham Wood) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zak Brunt with a cross.
- 72': Attempt missed. Zak Brunt (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 75': Substitution, Boreham Wood. Lewis Richardson replaces Abdul Abdulmalik.
- 75': Substitution, Boreham Wood. Femi Ilesanmi replaces Joe Newton.
- 79': Attempt saved. Lewis Richardson (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nik Tzanev (Newport County). Assisted by Érico Sousa.
- 79': Attempt saved. Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nik Tzanev (Newport County).
- 79': Corner, Boreham Wood. Conceded by Nik Tzanev.
- 80': Foul by Tom Davies (Newport County).
- 80': Jeff King (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Matt Rush (Boreham Wood) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeff King with a cross.
- 82': Substitution, Newport County. Moses Alexander-Walker replaces Gerard Garner.
- 85': Attempt saved. Zak Brunt (Boreham Wood) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nik Tzanev (Newport County). Assisted by Érico Sousa with a through ball.
- 86': Substitution, Boreham Wood. Luke Norris replaces Matt Rush.
- 88': Foul by Moses Alexander-Walker (Newport County).
- 88': Érico Sousa (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Ben Lloyd (Newport County) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 90': Ben Lloyd (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jack Payne replaces Zak Brunt.
- 90'+2': Foul by Callum Reynolds (Boreham Wood).
- 90'+2': Michael Reindorf (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Michael Spellman (Newport County).
- 90'+3': Jack Payne (Boreham Wood) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 3, Newport County 0.
- 0': Match ends, Boreham Wood 3, Newport County 0.
Statistics
 NEW |
BOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 41 | Possession | 59 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 27 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 271 | Accurate Passes | 425 |
| 343 | Passes | 515 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 18 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 71 |
| 11 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.2 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 11 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 9 | Tackles | 9 |
| 1.0 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 17 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: English FA Cup
Venue: Meadow Park
Location: Borehamwood, England
Attendance: 1,825
Venue: Meadow Park
Location: Borehamwood, England
Attendance: 1,825
Line-Ups
Boreham Wood (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Ted Curd (GK) |
| 5 | Chris Bush |
| 16 | Callum Reynolds |
| 12 | Joe Newton |
| 15 | Jeff King |
| 8 | Zak Brunt |
| 23 | Regan Booty |
| 6 | Charlie O'Connell |
| 32 | Matt Rush |
| 10 | Abdul Abdulmalik |
| 7 | Erico Sousa |
Newport County (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nik Tzanev (GK) |
| 6 | Ciaran Brennan |
| 25 | Akinwale Odimayo |
| 17 | Tom Davies |
| 22 | Habeeb Ogunneye |
| 14 | Kai Whitmore |
| 44 | Sammy Braybrooke |
| 7 | Bobby Kamwa |
| 20 | Ben Lloyd  |
| 24 | Nathaniel Opoku |
| 19 | Gerard Garner |
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