Newport County vs Walsall FC
Match details. FA Cup, 1/128-finals. Kick-off is Sat 7 Nov, 16:00 Lagos time. It is played at Rodney Parade, Newport.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. Newport County have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L D D. Walsall FC have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W D W.
The numbers. Newport County score 1.8 and concede one a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet. Newport County average 15.4 shots (4.5 on target), 5.1 corners and 1.9 cards a game, with 40% of the ball. Walsall FC score 1.7 and concede 1.6 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets. Walsall FC average 13.0 shots (4.6 on target), 5.1 corners and 1.9 cards a game, with 52% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Newport County have won two, drawn four and lost four. Six of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, one was drawn and Walsall FC won three. The last time they met, on 21 Mar 2026, it finished Newport County 1-2 Walsall FC: Newport County had 10 shots to 18, 44% of the ball, seven yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. Newport County are the form side, but the meetings favour Walsall FC: in the last ten meetings, Newport County won two, Walsall FC won four and four were drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 45%; six of the last ten meetings went over 2.5.
The read. A draw. Little separates them, and both sides draw often.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 3.5 Cards (the signs point different ways). Predicted score: Newport County 1-1 Walsall FC (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).