League Two match prediction: Little separates Walsall and Newport County in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the League Two so far, with Walsall placed 15th and Newport County sitting in the 9th position.

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 Walsall and Newport County.

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Walsall form and stats

The first game here at The Banks's Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Walsall's home game statistics were 7 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats from 23 games.

The fans are hoping that Walsall will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League Two game against Crewe Alexandra. Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Crawley Town that was lost 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Walsall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Walsall as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Walsall has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.

There will be little rest for Walsall after this match as they are travelling to Plymouth Argyle for a League Two game in only four days.

At The Banks's Stadium, Walsall has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Newport County form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. Newport County has drawn their two previous away games.

The supporters enjoyed Newport County's previous game versus Plymouth Argyle, a League Two 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Gillingham.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Newport County, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crewe Alexandra in just four days.

It's early days yet, but Newport County has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Walsall-Newport County H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Walsall 0 wins, Newport County 1 win, 0 draws. 1 of these one matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Clarke
1 goals
J. Hardy
1 goals
J. Labadie
1 goals

Walsall missing players

Newport County missing players

Walsall Newport County
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored 0 0 3
2 1 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 100% 33%
 
7.3 7 0 Corners For (avg) 7 7 5.3
5 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 4 4 5
2.7 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Walsall Last season Newport County
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
46 23 0 Played 0 24 49
12 7 0 Won 0 6 20
11 5 0 Drew 0 6 13
23 11 0 Lost 0 12 16
49 30 0 Scored 0 27 60
71 37 0 Conceded 0 37 61
89% 91% 0% Over 0.5 0% 92% 88%
78% 78% 0% Over 1.5 0% 75% 63%
59% 65% 0% Over 2.5 0% 54% 43%
26% 39% 0% Over 3.5 0% 25% 27%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 21% 20%
57% 65% 0% BTTS 0% 54% 45%
20% 17% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 21% 37%
35% 26% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 31%
 
5.4 5.1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5.5
5.6 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.5 4.5
1.5 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.6 1.6
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats last season:
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Tranmere Rovers 0 - 0 Walsall
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Walsall 1 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
13-08-19 CC Walsall 2 - 3 Crawley Town
17-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Walsall
20-08-19 LT Walsall 18:45 Newport County
24-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 14:00 Walsall
31-08-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Grimsby Town
03-09-19 EFL Coventry City 18:45 Walsall
07-09-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Walsall
Newport County
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
25-05-19 LT Newport County 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
03-08-19 LT Newport County 2 - 2 Mansfield Town
10-08-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 0 Newport County
13-08-19 CC Gillingham 2 - 2 Newport County
17-08-19 LT Newport County 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
20-08-19 LT Walsall 18:45 Newport County
24-08-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Crewe Alexandra
27-08-19 CC Newport County 18:45 West Ham United
31-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Newport County
04-09-19 EFL Newport County 18:45 West Ham United U21

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Swindon Town 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
2 Exeter City 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Forest Green Rovers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Macclesfield Town 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Plymouth Argyle 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 6
6 Crewe Alexandra 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 6
7 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
8 Mansfield Town 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
9 Newport County 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Cambridge United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
12 Crawley Town 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 4
13 Grimsby Town 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
14 Salford City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
15 Walsall 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
16 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
17 Port Vale 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
18 Carlisle United 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 3
19 Morecambe 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
20 Colchester United 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Stevenage 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
23 Scunthorpe United 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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