📊 Form Guide

Walsall

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Walsall head into this match after a 0-0 League Two tied result versus Cambridge United.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Walsall have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Walsall have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals in the process.

Going into this one, Walsall haven't been beaten in the league by Newport County in their last 3 games.

Newport County

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After a losing effort in their last game against Bromley in League Two action, Newport County and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Corey Whitely (88') was the scorer for Bromley.

The stats tell the story, and Newport County have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals in all. Defensively, Newport County can certainly do much better. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Ahead of this clash, Newport County have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 18/02/2023 shows that Walsall have won 2 of these and Newport County 1, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 for The Saddlers and 9 being from The Exiles. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league clash between the two was League Two match day 15 on 08/11/2025 when the final score was Newport County 2-4 Walsall.

The referee was Ben Atkinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Walsall

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Walsall boss Darren Byfield to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Elicha Ahui (unknown injury) won’t play.

🔮 Prediction

It looks to us that Walsall certainly have the ability to score a couple of goals when they line up against Newport County, who could well find it tough scoring a goal of their own.

Our tip is for a decent 2-0 winning margin for Walsall at the end of the 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 14:09 21/03/2026