Newport County 1-1 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 24 November 2020
Result
Newport County 1-1 Walsall
League Two · Tuesday 24 November 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 1-1 Walsall: match report
Newport County drew with Walsall 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 24 November 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Newport County's goal came from Scott Twine (23'). Walsall scored through Elijah Adebayo (21').
Discipline: Newport County received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 1st on 28 points from 12 and Walsall 15th on 16 points from 13. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Walsall 19th with 53.
Newport County lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Walsall in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rory Holden of Walsall (8.0), ahead of Matty Dolan (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newport County wins, 2 draws and 0 for Walsall.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Walsall's L-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 23'Goal · Scott Twine
- 27'Yellow card · Brandon Cooper
- 41'Yellow card · M. Demetriou
- 54'Yellow card · J. Clarke
- 88'Yellow card · Rory Holden
Head-to-head
Team news
Newport County line-up (3-4-1-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Scott Twine, R. Haynes, Padraig Amond, Jamie Proctor
Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)
Liam Roberts, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, Zak Jules, Rory Holden, L. Kinsella, Alfie Bates, Emmanuel Osadebe, Jake Scrimshaw, Elijah Adebayo