Nyakuhwa is Newport County's twelfth summer signing, and the winger the manager was still looking for
Nyakuhwa at Newport County, League Two 2025-26
- Appearances
- 7
- Minutes
- 116
- Assists
- 2
- Key passes
- 4
- Cardiff City first-team appearances
- 9
Where this sits
API-Football, League Two 2025-26 at Newport County: 7 appearances, 0 starts, 116 minutes, 0 goals, 2 assists, 4 key passes, 2 of 9 dribbles completed, average rating 6.42. Cardiff City 2025-26: 3 League One appearances (60 minutes), 2 League Cup (95), 2 EFL Trophy (180); one Championship appearance of 21 minutes in 2024-25. Born 17 September 2005, Welsh
Two assists in 116 League Two minutes is one every 58 minutes, or 1.55 per 90, derived from the API-Football totals and labelled as such: a sample of seven substitute appearances, too small to rank. scripts/player-outliers.mjs found him below the minute floor for League Two 2025-26
Shaquille Gwengwe has scored three of Newport County's nine League Two goals this season, one in three: two against Tranmere on 29 August and one against Rochdale. Biggins at Salford was the ninth
The twelve summer arrivals, each from the club's own notice: Harrison Biggins (15 June, permanent, a return), Shaquille Gwengwe (18 June), Yahya Bamba (23 June, from Forest Green Rovers), Cameron Norman (24 June, a return), Christian Doidge (24 June), Dan Sassi (26 June), Kyle Cameron (29 June), Kieron Evans (1 July, from Eastleigh, a return), Alfie Merritt (7 August, loan from Bournemouth), Jake Turner (21 August, goalkeeper), Matt Dibley-Dias (26 August, loan from Fulham), Tanatswa Nyakuhwa (1 September, loan from Cardiff City). Nine permanent, three loans
Newport County's nine league goals in four games is the third-highest total of the 24 League Two clubs after Bristol Rovers (11) and level with Barnet; the nine conceded is the second-most, behind only Bristol Rovers. Standings after the Tuesday round
Newport County are 14th in League Two on four points from four after the 2-1 defeat at Salford City; Northampton Town away on Saturday 5 September. Whether Nyakuhwa is registered for it is not stated on a primary
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa is 20, Welsh, a winger, and back at Rodney Parade on a season-long loan from Cardiff City, announced by both clubs on deadline day. The first spell, the second half of last season, ended with an injury after seven League Two appearances, all from the bench: 116 minutes, no goal, two assists and four chances created, which by the API-Football record is an assist every 58 minutes. That is a labelled sum on a sample of seven substitute appearances, too small to rank against the division, and it is the only number he has in a Newport County shirt. Cardiff City count nine first-team appearances for him.
Why width was the gap
Hayden Mullins told BBC Sport Wales on 27 August that the club was "still looking" and that "we just need to add in a few areas of the pitch where we feel a little bit light", while planning no departures: "Everyone in the building at the moment is part of the plan." The reason a wide player mattered is Shaquille Gwengwe. Newport County have scored nine League Two goals in four games, the third-highest total in the division, and Gwengwe has three of the nine while playing wide of a front line that already has Christian Doidge and Cole Jarvis for the middle. A winger lets Gwengwe go back to the position he was signed for, which BBC Sport Wales reported as the point of any deadline move.
The twelve
Nyakuhwa completes a window of twelve arrivals, nine permanent: Harrison Biggins, Shaquille Gwengwe, Yahya Bamba, Cameron Norman, Christian Doidge, Dan Sassi, Kyle Cameron and Kieron Evans in June and July, Jake Turner in goal on 21 August, and three loans, Alfie Merritt from Bournemouth, Matt Dibley-Dias from Fulham and now Nyakuhwa. Neither club has stated a fee or the loan terms. The other side of the ledger is why the twelfth was needed: nine conceded in four is the second-most in League Two, and the 2-1 at Salford on the same night was a third late swing in four league games. Northampton Town away on Saturday is next; whether Nyakuhwa is registered for it has not been stated.
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