Newport County have performed better than Walsall so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newport and Walsall.
Newport County form and stats
Newport County, who have the most points (18) at home in League Two, have been very solid at home in the League Two so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Newport County's last game was hosting Port Vale (placed 9th) and winning 1-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Plymouth Argyle (1-3).
Manager M. Flynn felt very clever after Kevin Ellison scored the winning goal against Port Vale, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 85th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Kevin Ellison scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and four defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Salford City in only four days. This game is also played here at Rodney Parade.
The Newport fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Newport County have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-1 (win-draw-lose).
M. Sadler was the last player to score for the away team. Walsall haven't scored a league goal in the last 196 minutes.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Walsall, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Cheltenham Town (placed 2nd). A 0-1 loss hosting Southend United before that.
Walsall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Walsall have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Walsall struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Newport, two draws and zero wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 4 goals |  P. Amond 3 goals | T. Abrahams 3 goals |
Newport County missing players
Walsall missing players
| Newport County | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 58% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 83% | 54% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 192 | 113 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 45 | 143 |
| 49 | 26 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 17 | 47 |
| 41% | 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 26% |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newport County has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in League Two
- Newport County has the most points (18) at home in League Two
- Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Newport County have scored in all their matches so far.
- Newport County have won all their matches at home so far.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newport County is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall have yet to win a game away.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
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