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Walsall v Newport County : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 29th Dec, 15:00 BST, Banks's Stadium, Walsall

Home advantage is often beneficial in the League Two, and Matthew Sadler’s Walsall will have the blessing of it on Sunday afternoon. Nélson Marques Jardim’s Newport County are their visitors to the Banks's Stadium. The odds you see on the page are delivered straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from stats over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to League Two match data, including head-to-head performance. Explore it all using the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest we don't have an obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Walsall and Newport will score 2 or more goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Matthew Sadler or Nélson Marques Jardim has served up too many 0-0s of late either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.22 equating to roughly a 78% probability.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Walsall are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.40.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Walsall 59%	1.36	1.40
Draw 22%	4.20	4.80
Newport 19%	7.50	8.50
Walsall 1-0 11%	7.00	6.50
Draw 1-1 10%	8.50	8.50
Walsall 2-0 10%	6.50	6.00
Walsall 2-1 10%	8.50	7.50
Walsall 3-0 7%	9.00	8.00
Walsall 3-1 6%	12.00	10.00
Draw 0-0 6%	12.00	11.00
Newport 1-0 6%	21.00	15.00
Newport 2-1 5%	23.00	19.00
Draw 2-2 5%	19.00	17.00
Walsall 4-0 3%	15.00	13.00
Walsall 3-2 3%	26.00	21.00
Walsall 4-1 3%	21.00	15.00
Newport 2-0 3%	41.00	29.00
Newport 3-1 2%	51.00	41.00
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	1.70	1.70
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	2.10	2.05
Home 1st Goal 56%	1.29	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	4.00	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12.00	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	1.91	2.00
BTTS - No 48%	1.80	1.73
BTTS - Home Win 27%	3.20	3.10
BTTS - Draw 16%	6.00	6.00
BTTS - Away Win 9%	13.00	13.00
Home/draw 81%	1.08	1.07
Away/draw 41%	2.75	3.00
Home/away 78%	1.20	1.18
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1.22	1.22
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	4.00	3.80
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	2.62	2.70
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	1.44	1.40
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	5.00	4.80
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1.17	1.15
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	11.00	9.00
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1.05	1.05
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1.04	1.03
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12.00	11.00
Home DNB 75%	1.11	1.10
Away DNB 34%	6.50	6.00
Walsall win to nil 33%	2.20	-
Newport win to nil 9%	15.00	-
Walsall / Walsall 40%	2.05	2.00
Walsall / Newport 2%	41.00	41.00
Walsall / Draw 5%	17.00	15.00
Draw / Walsall 20%	4.00	3.90
Draw / Newport 6%	15.00	13.00
Draw / Draw 12%	7.00	6.00
Newport / Walsall 4%	21.00	19.00
Newport / Newport 6%	13.00	12.00
Newport / Draw 4%	19.00	17.00

Win / draw / win League Two table

Walsall have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Walsall have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 27 goals.

Home League Performance

Walsall have played 10 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 21 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Newport are in 16th position in the League Two on 26 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 5. Newport have conceded 23 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Walsall Newport
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall Home	20	13	4	3	18	43	-	-	Apr 21	Dec 29
2	Port Vale	21	10	7	4	7	37	Apr 5	w 0-1F	l 1-4A	Jan 18
3	Doncaster	21	10	6	5	7	36	Dec 26	Apr 1	w 3-1A	Mar 1
4	Crewe	20	9	8	3	8	35	d 1-1A	May 3	w 2-1F	Feb 8
5	Chesterfield	21	9	7	5	13	34	Feb 15	d 2-2F	l 0-3A	Mar 8
6	AFC Wim	20	10	3	7	14	33	Mar 29	w 0-1F	Jan 2	d 2-2A
7	Notts C	20	8	7	5	7	31	w 3-2F	Jan 1	Mar 29	d 0-00-0
8	Grimsby	21	10	1	10	-5	31	Mar 8	w 1-4F	d 0-00-0	Mar 22
9	MK Dons	19	9	3	7	7	30	Jan 18	l 1-0A	w 6-3F	Apr 18
10	Gillingham	20	9	3	8	4	30	Feb 11	Mar 22	Mar 4	w 0-2F
11	Salford	20	8	6	6	3	30	Feb 1	w 0-2F	w 3-1F	Jan 28
12	Bradford	20	7	7	6	2	28	w 2-1F	Jan 25	Feb 15	l 3-1A
13	Bromley	20	6	9	5	2	27	d 2-2F	Mar 15	Apr 1	Dec 26
14	Cheltenham	21	7	6	8	-1	27	w 2-1F	Jan 4	Feb 22	l 3-2A
15	Barrow	20	7	5	8	2	26	w 1-0F	Apr 12	Feb 1	l 2-0A
16	Newport Away	20	7	5	8	-4	26	Dec 29	Apr 21	-	-
17	Colchester	20	4	11	5	1	23	w 4-0F	Feb 8	Apr 12	d 0-00-0
18	Fleetwood	19	5	8	6	-1	23	l 2-6F	Jan 28	d 0-00-0	Apr 26
19	Tranmere	20	5	6	9	-14	21	Jan 11	l 1-0A	May 3	l 2-1A
20	Harrogate	21	6	3	12	-15	21	Apr 18	w 0-2F	Mar 15	l 1-0A
21	Swindon	21	4	7	10	-9	19	Mar 1	w 0-4F	Jan 24	l 4-0A
22	Accrington	20	4	7	9	-10	19	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	w 3-1F	-
23	Carlisle	20	3	6	11	-17	15	w 3-1F	Mar 4	Feb 11	Apr 5
24	Morecambe	21	3	5	13	-19	14	w 1-0F	Feb 22	Jan 5	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	1 - 0	Barrow
Walsall	3 - 2	Notts C
Walsall	2 - 2	Bromley
Walsall	1 - 1	Crewe
Walsall	3 - 1	Carlisle
Walsall	2 - 6	Fleetwood
Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
Walsall	2 - 1	Bradford
Walsall	2 - 1	Cheltenham
Walsall	1 - 0	Morecambe
Walsall	2 - 3	Bradford
Walsall	2 - 1	Swindon
Walsall	1 - 3	Notts C
Walsall	2 - 1	Salford
Walsall	1 - 1	Barrow
Walsall	3 - 1	Doncaster
Walsall	2 - 1	Accrington
Walsall	3 - 0	Morecambe
Walsall	2 - 1	Mansfield
Walsall	0 - 3	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Walsall	2 - 0	Harrogate
H	Walsall	1 - 0	Barrow
A	Walsall	1 - 0	Port Vale
H	Walsall	3 - 2	Notts C
H	Walsall	2 - 2	Bromley
A	Walsall	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Walsall	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Walsall	0 - 0	Accrington
H	Walsall	3 - 1	Carlisle
A	Walsall	4 - 1	Grimsby
A	Walsall	2 - 2	Chesterfield
H	Walsall	2 - 6	Fleetwood
H	Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
A	Walsall	2 - 0	Salford
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Walsall	0 - 1	MK Dons
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Walsall	0 - 1	Tranmere
A	Walsall	4 - 0	Swindon
H	Walsall	1 - 0	Morecambe

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
AFC Wim	2 - 2	Newport
Notts C	0 - 0	Newport
Tranmere	2 - 1	Newport
Gillingham	0 - 2	Newport
Harrogate	1 - 0	Newport
Bradford	3 - 1	Newport
Barrow	2 - 0	Newport
Swindon	4 - 0	Newport
Morecambe	0 - 1	Newport
Cheltenham	3 - 2	Newport
Bradford	4 - 1	Newport
Grimsby	1 - 0	Newport
Colchester	2 - 1	Newport
Barrow	1 - 0	Newport
AFC Wim	0 - 2	Newport
Stockport	1 - 0	Newport
Harrogate	1 - 4	Newport
MK Dons	3 - 0	Newport
Walsall	0 - 3	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Newport	6 - 3	MK Dons
A	Newport	0 - 0	Colchester
A	Newport	2 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Newport	0 - 0	Notts C
H	Newport	0 - 0	Grimsby
A	Newport	1 - 2	Tranmere
H	Newport	0 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Newport	2 - 0	Gillingham
H	Newport	0 - 3	Chesterfield
A	Newport	0 - 1	Harrogate
A	Newport	1 - 3	Bradford
H	Newport	3 - 1	Salford
H	Newport	2 - 1	Crewe
A	Newport	0 - 2	Barrow
A	Newport	0 - 4	Swindon
H	Newport	1 - 4	Port Vale
A	Newport	1 - 0	Morecambe
H	Newport	3 - 1	Accrington
H	Newport	3 - 1	Doncaster
A	Newport	2 - 3	Cheltenham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Newport have not lost to Walsall in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Walsall

Newport

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

3 / 5

NEW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Walsall
	0 - 3	Newport
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 1	Newport
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Newport

Walsall

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

2 / 5

WLS

NEW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 1	Walsall
Newport	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Walsall have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 7 consecutive League Two matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Newport County on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Walsall 1st	Newport 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Walsall will score 1 or more goals	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Newport scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+16 Walsall have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted	-2 Newport’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

29%

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WLS

NEW

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Games scored	17		12
Failed to score	3		8
Scored first	16		6
Goals scored	37		27
Avg. goals scored	1.9		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	5		5
Conversion rate for	20		20
Avg. XG for	1.8		1.1
KickOff rating		+29%

26%

better

WLS

NEW

view stats

Games conceded	11		14
Clean sheets	9		6
Conceded first	3		10
Goals conceded	19		31
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	5		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		14%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.6
KickOff rating		+26%

Walsall v Newport League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Walsall League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	10	6	5
T Allen	N Lowe	C Barrett	J Matt

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Allen DEF	20	5	2	2 -
C Barrett DEF	20		6	4 -
R Stirk MID	20		1	1 -
T. Simkim GLK	19			2 -
D Okagbue DEF	19	1	2	3 -
L Gordon DEF	19	1	1	4 -
C Lakin MID	19	1	1	2 -
J Matt FWD	19	6	2	5 -
J Jellis MID	18	3		3 -
J Earing MID	18	2		-
N Lowe FWD	18	10	5	-
A Adomah FWD	18	3	2	2 -
H Williams DEF	14	1		2 -
D Johnson FWD	10	2		-
B Comley MID	7			1 -
G Hall FWD	7	1	1	-
O McEntee DEF	6			1 -
J Gordon FWD	4	1		1 -
D Daniels DEF	3			1 -
P Farquharson DEF	3			1 -
R Cleary FWD	3			-
E Weir DEF	2			1 -
R Maher MID	2			-
S Hornby GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	22	6	21
N Lowe	N Lowe	C Barrett	T Allen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Lowe FWD	10	22	5	17
J Matt FWD	6	12	2	10
T Allen DEF	5	9	2	21
A Adomah FWD	3	3	2	8
J Jellis MID	3	8		9
J Earing MID	2	5		6
D Johnson FWD	2	4
J Gordon FWD	1	1
G Hall FWD	1	1	1	4
H Williams DEF	1	1		2
C Lakin MID	1	7	1	11
L Gordon DEF	1	4	1	11
D Okagbue DEF	1	1	2	6
C Barrett DEF		4	6	16
T. Simkim GLK				2
O McEntee DEF				1
R Stirk MID		3	1	11
D Daniels DEF				1
R Cleary FWD		1
E Weir DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
666	45	141
T Allen	C Barrett	J Matt

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Allen DEF	666	21	72
R Stirk MID	652	40	90
L Gordon DEF	494	20	71
D Okagbue DEF	473	21	92
J Jellis MID	434	27	75
T. Simkim GLK	417		9
C Barrett DEF	364	45	99
H Williams DEF	361	6	61
C Lakin MID	345	35	75
J Matt FWD	290	13	141
N Lowe FWD	287	13	79
J Earing MID	222	12	31
A Adomah FWD	103	9	22
D Daniels DEF	79	2	15
O McEntee DEF	73	4	20
G Hall FWD	56	13	19
B Comley MID	47	1	8
S Hornby GLK	42
P Farquharson DEF	35	3	7
J Gordon FWD	32	2	9
R Cleary FWD	22	2	4
E Weir DEF	18	1	3
D Johnson FWD	15		3
R Maher MID	8	1	2

Newport League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	4	5	5
N Townsend	A Wildig	A Driscoll-Glennon	A Driscoll-Glennon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Townsend GLK	19			2 -
B Morris MID	18	3	2	1 -
K Evans MID	18		2	2 -
B Kamwa FWD	18	3	2	2 -
C Antwi MID	17		1	2 -
C Baker-Richardson FWD	17	3	1	3 -
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	16		5	5 -
C Brennan DEF	16			2 1
K Jameson DEF	15			3 2
M Baker DEF	15	3		2 -
C Evans DEF	15	1		5 -
A Wildig MID	15	4		4 -
K Hudlin FWD	15	4	1	3 -
M Spellman FWD	13	2		1 -
S McLoughlin FWD	11	1		2 -
K. Whitmore MID	9	1		1 -
O. Greaves MID	9	1		-
N Mawene MID	9			1 -
L Jephcott FWD	9		2	1 -
J Clarke DEF	5			1 -
J. Thomas DEF	4			-
K Rai FWD	4			-
J. Miley MID	3			1 -
J Carney GLK	1			-
N. Sanca DEF	1			-
H. Kargbo FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	5	15
A Wildig	K Hudlin	A Driscoll-Glennon	A Driscoll-Glennon

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Wildig MID	4	7		8
K Hudlin FWD	4	12	1	10
M Baker DEF	3	3		1
B Kamwa FWD	3	10	2	10
C Baker-Richardson FWD	3	3	1	4
B Morris MID	3	6	2	11
M Spellman FWD	2	5		5
K. Whitmore MID	1	2		1
S McLoughlin FWD	1	1		5
O. Greaves MID	1	2		2
C Evans DEF	1	1		3
J Clarke DEF				1
J. Miley MID				1
L Jephcott FWD		1	2	2
N Mawene MID		1		1
K Jameson DEF				3
C Brennan DEF		2		2
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF		1	5	15
C Antwi MID		2	1	3
K Evans MID		4	2	12

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
831	31	105
B Morris	A Driscoll-Glennon	K Hudlin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Morris MID	831	25	79
N Townsend GLK	712	1	22
C Brennan DEF	624	30	66
M Baker DEF	516	20	69
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	483	31	61
A Wildig MID	427	24	43
C Evans DEF	392	30	72
K Jameson DEF	385	11	49
S McLoughlin FWD	359	16	60
K Evans MID	358	15	44
C Antwi MID	278	18	44
K Hudlin FWD	270	12	105
B Kamwa FWD	227	12	51
C Baker-Richardson FWD	195	6	87
J Clarke DEF	189	2	30
N Mawene MID	147	13	31
K. Whitmore MID	111	12	35
M Spellman FWD	95	14	40
O. Greaves MID	76	2	15
J. Miley MID	74	4	15
L Jephcott FWD	62	3	15
J. Thomas DEF	60	2	5
J Carney GLK	41		2
N. Sanca DEF	30	2	5
K Rai FWD	20		2
H. Kargbo FWD	1	1	3

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Walsall v Newport County : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Walsall have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Newport are in 16th position in the League Two on 26 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Walsall v Newport League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

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