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Opoku Nets For Newport During Loan Fixtures

Nathan Opoku helped Newport County continue their Sky Bet League 2 revival with a goal in the Exiles’ 2-1 victory over Harrogate Town on Saturday.

2026-04-13T11:30+01:00

by Sam Jones

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13 Apr, 2026

Opoku Nets For Newport During Loan Fixtures

Nathan Opoku helped Newport County continue their Sky Bet League 2 revival with a goal in the Exiles’ 2-1 victory over Harrogate Town on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2026-04-13T11:30+01:00

Opoku Nets For Newport During Loan Fixtures

Nathan Opoku helped Newport County continue their Sky Bet League 2 revival with a goal in the Exiles’ 2-1 victory over Harrogate Town on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2026-04-13T11:30+01:00

Opoku Nets For Newport During Loan Fixtures

Nathan Opoku helped Newport County continue their Sky Bet League 2 revival with a goal in the Exiles’ 2-1 victory over Harrogate Town on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2026-04-13T11:30+01:00

Opoku Nets For Newport During Loan Fixtures

Nathan Opoku helped Newport County continue their Sky Bet League 2 revival with a goal in the Exiles’ 2-1 victory over Harrogate Town on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2026-04-13T11:30+01:00

A goal for Nathan Opoku in Newport County’s Sky Bet League 2 victory over the weekend
Sammy Braybrooke (Chesterfield) and Jayden Joseph (Tranmere) played out a 1-1 draw
Henry Cartwright came off the bench for Falkirk while Chris Popov played for Morecambe
Bilal El Khannouss scored in Stuttgart’s success, while Wout Faes and Woyo Coulibaly also got minutes

Scoring an eighth-minute opener at Rodney Parade, success for Christian Fuchs’ side over bottom-place Harrogate saw the Welsh outfit move four points clear of the bottom two ahead of heading to Cheltenham Town on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

Staying in the fourth tier, Sammy Braybrooke and Jayden Joseph, meanwhile, were on opposite sides as Chesterfield and Tranmere Rovers played out a 1-1 draw. Both Foxes youngsters played out 90 minutes at SMH Group Stadium.

The Spireites sit seventh, with another home fixture against Grimsby Town to come tomorrow (Tuesday), a 7:45pm kick-off. Tranmere, currently in 20th, host Bristol Rovers on Saturday (3pm kick-off), meanwhile.

In the Scottish Premiership, Henry Cartwright made a short cameo for Falkirk in a 6-3 Scottish Premiership reverse at home to Rangers, playing the final nine minutes at Falkirk Stadium. The Bairns are in Scottish Cup Semi-Final action against Dunfermline on Saturday (12:30 kick-off).

Scoring the fourth of the game.

Forward Chris Popov played 85 minutes for Morecambe in a 5-1 defeat away at Woking, which saw the Shrimps relegated to the National League North. Jim Bentley’s side host Boreham Wood in their next league fixture on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

Over in Germany, Bilal El Khannouss played 19 minutes for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, scoring his side's fourth goal in a 4-0 home success over Hamburg, which sees Die Roten sit third in the table, with a trip to league leaders Bayern Munich to follow on Sunday (4:30pm kick-off).

Wout Faes played 90 minutes for AS Monaco in a 4-1 Ligue 1 defeat away to Paris FC at Stade Jean-Bouin on Friday night. Remaining seventh in the division, it’s Auxerre up next at Stade Louis II this Sunday (2pm kick-off).

Woyo Coulibaly was introduced as a 68th-minute substitute during Sassuolo’s 2-1 reverse at Genoa over the weekend. Sitting 11th in Serie A, Como are the visitors to Mapei Stadium on Friday (5:30pm kick-off).

All times BST.

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