Newport County vs Walsall

20 October 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Gill

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Bryn Morris 4’, 67’
Will Evans 45+4’

Freddie Draper 16’, 53’, 90+6’

Match summary

Newport County and Walsall drew 3-3. Newport County led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bryn Morris put Newport County ahead in the 4th minute, Freddie Draper equalised in the 16th minute, and Will Evans put Newport County back in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Draper equalised in the 53rd minute, Morris put Newport County back in front in the 67th minute, and Draper equalised from a corner in stoppage time.

Shots finished 16-8 to Walsall, with 5 on target for Newport County and 6 for Walsall.

Match stats

8 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Newport County Walsall

Kick-off

Bryn Morris

1-0

4’

16’

Freddie Draper

1-1

Will Evans

2-1

45+4’

Half-time2-1

53’

Freddie Draper

2-2

Bryn Morris

3-2

67’

90+6’

Freddie Draper

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Walsall

Tom Knowles
Freddie Draper

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Walsall attacking Newport County attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Jonathan Maxted	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Payne Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Declan Drysdale	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Delaney	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Shane McLoughlin	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matthew Baker Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scot Bennett	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Will Evans Taken off	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Bryn Morris	90′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Aaron Wildig Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Omar Bogle	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Seberry Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Bondswell Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kiban Rai Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Owen Evans	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Riley Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Williams	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Donervon Daniels	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Allen Taken off	73′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Knowles	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Oisin McEntee Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ryan Stirk	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hutchinson	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ross Tierney Taken off	69′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Freddie Draper	90′	3	–	6	–	–	–
Brandon Comley Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Danny Johnson Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Gordon Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jamille Matt Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Newport County win 41% Avg odds 2.30

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.41

Walsall win 32% Avg odds 2.93

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Newport County L L W L L

Walsall L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Walsall 1-1 Newport County, 18 Feb 23 Next meeting: Walsall 0-3 Newport County, 10 Feb 24 All Newport County vs Walsall meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.