Walsall 2-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 March 2026

Result

Walsall 2-1 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 21 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 2-1 Newport County: match report

Walsall beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 March 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Harrison Biggins opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Walsall's goals came from Daniel Kanu (62') and Alexander Pattison (90+7'). Newport County scored through Harrison Biggins (38').

Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards; Newport County received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 11th on 57 points from 38 and Newport County 22nd on 31 points from 38. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Newport County 20th with 43.

Walsall lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Pattison of Walsall (8.8), ahead of Harrison Biggins (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 4 draws and 3 for Newport County.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Newport County's L-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · S. SpranglerNewport County
  • 30'Yellow card · Alfie ChangWalsall
  • 38'Goal · Harrison BigginsNewport County · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Cameron EvansNewport County
  • 58'Yellow card · Mason HancockWalsall
  • 58'Yellow card · Ben LloydNewport County
  • 62'Goal · Daniel KanuWalsall · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Charlie LakinWalsall
  • 90+7'Goal · Alexander PattisonWalsall · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Alexander PattisonWalsall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Walsall 3, draws 4, Newport County 3.

Team news

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Walsall line-up (4-3-3)

Myles Roberts, Rico Browne, Kacper Łopata, Harrison Burke, Mason Hancock, Alex Pattison, Alfie Chang, Charlie Lakin, Albert Adomah, Daniel Kanu, Aaron Loupalo-Bi

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

Jordan Wright, Liam Shephard, Matthew Baker, Ryan Delaney, Tom Davies, Sven Sprangler, Cameron Evans, Ben Lloyd, Harrison Biggins, Bobby Kamwa, James Crole