WALSALL. Walsall and Newport County played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Walsall was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%)
The match was played at the The Banks’s Stadium stadium in Walsall on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Rebecca Welch who was helped by Simon Shaw and Abbas Khan. The 4th official was Rob Lewis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 17 Total 12
- 5 On Target 6
- 12 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 98 Attack 84
- 83 Dangerous attack 34
- 69 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Walsall had a strong ball possession 64% while Newport County was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Walsall was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Walsall to win the match.
Walsall shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Newport County shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Walsall received 1 yellow card (J. Labadie). Talking about the opposition, Newport County received 1 yellow card (C. Baker-Richardson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Walsall will have 29 points like Bradford City to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Newport County will have 35 points like Port Vale to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Walsall will play away against Stevenage on the 8th of January with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Walsall (5 draws).
Newport County will host Salford City on the 8th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Salford City (2 draws).
Walsall – Formation
Walsall
63'
64'
53', 90'
Walsall started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: Carl Rushworth , Hayden White , Ash Taylor , Rollin Menayese , Stephen Ward , Jack Earing , Liam Kinsella , Otis Khan , Emmanuel Osadebe , Kieran Phillips and George Miller .
The home team had on the bench: Conor Wilkinson , Tyrese Shade , Z. Mills, J. Rose, S. Perry, T. Leak and Joss Labadie .
Substitutions
Walsall made 3 changes: K. Phillips for C. Wilkinson (52′), E. Osadebe for J. Labadie (63′) and J. Earing for T. Shade (82′).
Best player: Conor Wilkinson
The most impressive player for Walsall was Conor Wilkinson.
His rating is with 2 goals, 8 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 52′.
Newport County – Formation
Newport County
Newport County started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
James Rowberry played with: Nick Townsend , James Clarke , Matthew Dolan , Scot Bennett , Cameron Norman , Finn Azaz , Robbie Willmott , Oliver Cooper , Aaron Lewis , Courtney Baker-Richardson and Dom Telford .
The following players were sitting on the bench: J. Cain, L. Collins, Priestley Farquharson , E. Ovendale, Alex Fisher , A. Livermore and Ryan Haynes .
Substitutions
Newport County made 3 changes: C. Norman for R. Haynes (76′), C. Baker-Richardson for A. Fisher (83′) and D. Telford for P. Farquharson (87′).
Best player: Dom Telford
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newport County was Dom Telford.
His rating is with 2 goals, 11 passes (54% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Barrow – Bradford City – 1-2
- Crawley Town – Colchester United – 3-1
- Forest Green Rovers – Stevenage – 2-0
- Hartlepool United – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
- Scunthorpe United – Carlisle United – 0-1
- Sutton United – Exeter City – 2-1
- Swindon Town – Northampton Town – 5-2
- Walsall – Newport County – 3-3
