Newport County vs Walsall · League Two
Newport County
3-2-10
2 – 4
FT
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Walsall
9-2-4
Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
Walsall were behind against Newport County but won 4-2 at Rodney Parade (crowd 4,300); Walsall have now won 3 straight. Newport went ahead through Kai Whitmore at the 16-minute mark and Walsall were back level through Daniel Kanu just one minute after that; Ryan Finnigan scored the winner just two minutes after that and Ryan Finnigan widened the gap after 37 minutes. Gerard Garner reduced the gap for Newport at the 44-minute mark and it went to 2-4 when Rico Browne scored after 52 minutes. Six players went into the book. The ball split 70% to 30% and the shots 12 to 17. From 17 shots, Walsall found the target 10 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Rodney Parade · Newport · Wales
- Crowd
- 4,300
- Referee
- Ben Atkinson
- Newport form
- LWDDD
- Walsall form
- DWDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walsall | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Side by side
10Fouls14
4Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
4Corner Kicks5
5Saves1
69.8%Possession30.2%
12Shots17
3On Goal10
30%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
3Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-4
90'+2'
🔁Jid Okekereplacing Evan Weir
78'
🔁Lewis Warringtonreplacing Ryan Finnigan
78'
🔁Albert Adomahreplacing Daniel Kanu
77'
🔁Priestley Farquharsonreplacing Rico Browne
70'
🔁Jamille Mattreplacing Aaron Pressley
🔁Bobby Kamwareplacing Ben Lloyd
69'
🔁Michael Reindorfreplacing Kai Whitmore
69'
🟨Kai Whitmore
65'
🟨Ben Lloyd
61'
61'
🟨Connor Barrett
🟨Sammy Braybrooke
57'
52'2 - 4
⚽Rico Browne
50'
🟨Aden Flint
🟨Habeeb Ogunneye
48'
Half-time · 2-3
⚽Gerard Garner
44'2 - 3
37'1 - 3
⚽Ryan Finnigan
🔁Akinwale Odimayoreplacing Joe Thomas
29'
19'1 - 2
⚽Ryan Finnigan
17'1 - 1
⚽Daniel Kanu
⚽Kai Whitmore
16'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Newport County4-1-2-1-2
19⚽Garner
9Baker-Richardson
14⚽🟨↓Whitmore
20🟨↓Lloyd
11Antwi
44🟨Braybrooke
12↓Thomas
2Evans
22🟨Ogunneye
15Jenkins
28Wright
Bench
- 6Ciaran Brennan
- 3Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
- 27Moses Alexander-Walker
- 23Michael Reindorfon for Kai Whitmore, 69'
- 1Nik Tzanev
- 7Bobby Kamwaon for Ben Lloyd, 69'
- 25Akinwale Odimayoon for Joe Thomas, 29'
Walsall3-5-2
19↓Pressley
15⚽↓Kanu
18Harper
17Clarke
2🟨Barrett
8Lakin
29⚽⚽↓Finnigan
30↓Weir
4🟨Flint
33⚽↓Browne
1Roberts
Bench
- 12Sam Hornby
- 9Jamille Matton for Aaron Pressley, 70'
- 37Albert Adomahon for Daniel Kanu, 78'
- 25Jid Okekeon for Evan Weir, 90'+2'
- 31Rico Richards
- 28Lewis Warringtonon for Ryan Finnigan, 78'
- 6Priestley Farquharsonon for Rico Browne, 77'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
1Newport wins
3Level
1Walsall wins
Last times they met
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Newport
0–0
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Walsall
2–0
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Walsall
0–3
Newport · 2023-24 English League Two
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Newport
3–3
Walsall · 2023-24 English League Two
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Walsall
1–1
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Form
Last games: Newport
W1-0W1-0L2-0W3-0W2-2
Last games: Walsall
D1-1L2-1L1-0W0-0W3-0
