Newport County 2-1 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 September 2021
Result
Newport County 2-1 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newport County 2-1 Walsall: match report
Newport County defeated Walsall 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 September 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
M. Demetriou opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Newport County's goals came from M. Demetriou (9') and J. Clarke (87'). Walsall scored through Tyrese Shade (45+2').
Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Walsall received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 19th on 8 points from 7 and Walsall 18th on 8 points from 7. Newport County went on to finish that season 11th with 69 points, and Walsall 16th with 54.
Newport County lined up in a 3-4-3 and Walsall in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carl Rushworth of Walsall (8.1), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 3 draws and 0 for Walsall.
Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-D-D-L-W and Walsall's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · M. Demetriou
- 18'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 45+1'Missed penalty · Matty Dolan
- 45+2'Goal · Tyrese Shade
- 87'Goal · J. Clarke
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (3-4-3)
Nick Townsend, James Clarke, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Cameron Norman, Edward Upson, Aneurin Livermore, A. Lewis, Dom Telford, Alex Fisher, Oliver Cooper
Walsall line-up (4-4-1-1)
Carl Rushworth, Hayden White, Rollin Menayese, Manny Monthe, Stephen Ward, Kieran Phillips, L. Kinsella, Jack Earing, Tyrese Shade, Emmanuel Osadebe, George Miller