Europa League
Sat 21 Mar, 15:00London
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Ross Joyce
6,652 attendance
Timeline
- 2' Sven Sprangler Yellow Card
- 30' Alfie Chang Yellow Card
- 38' Harrison Biggins
- 55' Aden Flint for Kacper Lopata
- 58' Mason Hancock Yellow Card
- 58' Ben Lloyd Yellow Card
- 58' Cameron Evans Yellow Card
- 62' Daniel Kanu
- 63' Jamie Jellis for Alfie Chang
- 63' Aaron Pressley for Aaron Loupalo-Bi
- 66' Joe Thomas for Ben Lloyd
- 76' Charlie Lakin Yellow Card
- 76' Matt Smith for Cameron Evans
- 77' Nathaniel Opoku for Bobby Kamwa
- 82' Jid Okeke for Albert Adomah
- 84' Courtney Baker-Richardson for James Crole
- 85' Anthony Driscoll-Glennon for Liam Shephard
- 90'+7' Alex Pattison
- 90'+8' Alex Pattison Yellow Card
Match stats
55.9%
Possession
44.1%
18
Shots
11
3
On target
3
15
Fouls
9
4
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Saves
1
0
Accurate passes
0
Lineups
Walsall
4-3-3
1
Roberts
3
Hancock
5
Burke
35
Lopata
33
Browne
8
Lakin
20
Chang
23
Pattison
11
Loupalo-Bi
15
Kanu
37
Adomah
Newport County
4-2-3-1
28
Wright
17
Davies
23
Delaney
4
Baker
18
Shephard
2
Evans
5
Sprangler
7
Kamwa
10
Biggins
20
Lloyd
16
Crole
Walsall
4-3-3
- 1 Myles Roberts G
- 5 Harrison Burke CD-L
- 35 Kacper Lopata ▼ CD-R
- 3 Mason Hancock LB
- 33 Rico Browne RB
- 20 Alfie Chang ▼ CM
- 8 Charlie Lakin LM
- 23 Alex Pattison RM
- 15 Daniel Kanu F
- 11 Aaron Loupalo-Bi ▼ LF
- 37 Albert Adomah ▼ RF
Came on
- 19 Aaron Pressley ▲ SUB
- 4 Aden Flint ▲ SUB
- 25 Jid Okeke ▲ SUB
- 22 Jamie Jellis ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 12 Sam Hornby SUB
- 18 Vincent Harper SUB
- 17 Courtney Clarke SUB
Newport County
4-2-3-1
- 28 Jordan Wright G
- 23 Ryan Delaney CD-L
- 4 Matthew Baker CD-R
- 17 Tom Davies LB
- 18 Liam Shephard ▼ RB
- 10 Harrison Biggins AM
- 2 Cameron Evans ▼ LM
- 5 Sven Sprangler RM
- 16 James Crole ▼ F
- 7 Bobby Kamwa ▼ AM-L
- 20 Ben Lloyd ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 8 Matt Smith ▲ SUB
- 9 Courtney Baker-Richardson ▲ SUB
- 3 Anthony Driscoll-Glennon ▲ SUB
- 24 Nathaniel Opoku ▲ SUB
- 12 Joe Thomas ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
- 13 Shaun MacDonald SUB
- 19 Gerard Garner SUB
Commentary
- 90'+8' Alex Pattison (Walsall) Yellow Card at 98'
- 90'+7' Alex Pattison (Walsall) Goal at 97'
- 85' Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (Newport County) Substitution at 85'
- 84' Courtney Baker-Richardson (Newport County) Substitution at 84'
- 82' Jid Okeke (Walsall) Substitution at 82'
- 77' Nathaniel Opoku (Newport County) Substitution at 77'
- 76' Matt Smith (Newport County) Substitution at 76'
- 76' Charlie Lakin (Walsall) Yellow Card at 76'
- 66' Joe Thomas (Newport County) Substitution at 66'
- 63' Aaron Pressley (Walsall) Substitution at 63'
- 63' Jamie Jellis (Walsall) Substitution at 63'
- 62' Daniel Kanu (Walsall) Goal at 62'
Recent form
Walsall
D
W
L
L
L
- L Fleetwood Town 1-0 EFL League Two
- L Notts County 2-1 EFL League Two
- L at Salford City 1-0 EFL League Two
- W at Crewe Alexandra 3-0 EFL League Two
- D Cambridge United 0-0 EFL League Two
Newport County
L
W
L
W
D
- D at Fleetwood Town 0-0 EFL League Two
- W Tranmere Rovers 3-1 EFL League Two
- L Colchester United 2-1 EFL League Two
- W at Barnet 2-1 EFL League Two
- L Bromley 1-0 EFL League Two
Head to head
WAL leads series 2-1-2
- 8 Nov 2025 Newport County 2–4 Walsall 2025-26 English League Two
- 21 Apr 2025 Newport County 0–0 Walsall 2024-25 English League Two
- 29 Dec 2024 Walsall 2–0 Newport County 2024-25 English League Two
- 10 Feb 2024 Walsall 0–3 Newport County 2023-24 English League Two
- 20 Oct 2023 Newport County 3–3 Walsall 2023-24 English League Two
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