Newport County 3-3 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Friday 20 October 2023

Result

Newport County 3-3 Walsall

League Two · Friday 20 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newport County 3-3 Walsall: match report

Newport County drew with Walsall 3-3 in the League Two on Friday 20 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Bryn Morris opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Newport County's goals came from Bryn Morris (4'), Will Evans (45+4') and Bryn Morris (67'). Walsall scored through Freddie Draper (16'), Freddie Draper (53') and Freddie Draper (90+6').

Discipline: Newport County received no yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 20th on 14 points from 13 and Walsall 13th on 18 points from 13. Newport County went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Walsall 11th with 65.

Newport County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Freddie Draper of Walsall (9.2), ahead of Bryn Morris (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newport County wins, 5 draws and 1 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Bryn MorrisNewport County · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Freddie DraperWalsall · 1-1
  • 45+4'Goal · Will EvansNewport County · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Freddie DraperWalsall · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Tom KnowlesWalsall
  • 67'Goal · Bryn MorrisNewport County · 3-2
  • 90+6'Goal · Freddie DraperWalsall · 3-3
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Freddie DraperWalsall

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Newport County 2, draws 5, Walsall 1.

Team news

Newport County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jonathan Maxted, Lewis Payne, Declan Drysdale, Ryan Delaney, Shane McLoughlin, Matthew Baker, Scot Bennett, Will Evans, Bryn Morris, Aaron Wildig, Omar Bogle

Walsall line-up (4-4-1-1)

Owen Evans, Joe Riley, Harry Williams, Donervon Daniels, Taylor Allen, Tom Knowles, Oisin McEntee, Ryan Stirk, Isaac Hutchinson, Ross Tierney, Freddie Draper