These two teams have had some difficulties so far, but three lovely points in this important fixture would certainly provide a boost. Prepare for Newport County - Walsall!
- Newport County have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Walsall have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Newport nor Walsall as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two League Two games here at Rodney Parade.
The Newport fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Rodney Parade: A 0-1 defeat against Northampton Town (placed 3rd). Priestley Farquharson, defender, was given a rating of 7.24/10 in that game, top of the team. Farquharson won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Harrogate Town that finished 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Newport County perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newport County as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Newport has won seven of these, drawn four and lost four.
Newport County has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Walsall form and stats
Still no away game victory in the League Two for Walsall with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Walsall won their last game, 1-0 versus Brighton U21 played at home.
Before that, Walsall secured a home win against Mansfield Town with the score 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were three Walsall wins, seven draws and five defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Walsall's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - three - zero (Newport County wins - draws - Walsall wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Willmott 2 goals |   G. Miller 2 goals | S. Bennett 1 goals |
Newport County missing players
Walsall missing players
| Newport County | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 41% |
- Newport County have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Newport County have yet to win a game at home.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Walsall have yet to win a game away.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Rochdale | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Barrow | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Salford City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Walsall | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Newport County | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
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