Walsall 0-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Wednesday 24 February 2021
Result
Walsall 0-1 Newport County
League Two · Wednesday 24 February 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Walsall 0-1 Newport County: match report
Walsall lost to Newport County 0-1 in the League Two on Wednesday 24 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Joss Labadie of Newport County in the 70th minute.
Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 15th on 37 points from 28 and Newport County 8th on 44 points from 28. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.
Walsall lined up in a 3-4-3 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joss Labadie of Newport County (8.0), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 3 draws and 0 for Newport County.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Newport County's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Josh Gordon
- 53'Yellow card · Frank Vincent
- 70'Goal · Joss Labadie
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-4-3)
Liam Roberts, Hayden White, Dan Scarr, Matt Sadler, Cameron Norman, Alfie Bates, Frank Vincent, Max Melbourne, Josh Gordon, Caolan Lavery, Emmanuel Osadebe
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Priestley Farquharson, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Josh Sheehan, Scot Bennett, R. Haynes, Nicky Maynard, Dom Telford