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Commentary
1¹RILEY was put clear by RANKIN-COSTELLO and he stepped inside KLAESSON but rammed his shot just beyond the far post.
12¹GOAL!! A swerving outswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by PRELEC. (1-0 Newport County)
14¹A penalty box scramble resulted in BROADHEAD knocking a low shot wide.
27¹A pin-point pass found PRELEC and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide.
28¹An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by AYLING.
31¹A twenty-five yard drive from WARD caused the Newport County 'keeper little difficulty.
32¹PRELEC waltzed away from MEJBRI and flicked a weak shot well wide.
37¹MORRIS was able to palm clear a tame shot from PRELEC.
39¹WILKINSON fired the ball through a crowd of players but KLAESSON was a match for it as he dived to his right.
43¹BROADHEAD made space on the left and knocked the ball to HUTCHINSON who touched the ball over.
44¹GOAL!! A shot from HUTCHINSON deflected off the boot of TRIANTIS and flew past the helpless 'keeper and over the line. (1-1)
0²PRELEC beat HUTCHINSON and drilled the ball to MAY who blasted his shot wide.
4²KLAESSON parried a refined shot from WILKINSON.
8²AYLING's shot was well held by MORRIS.
11²GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from HUTCHINSON shook the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by MEJBRI. (2-1 Walsall)
16²BROADHEAD beat four Newport County players and blasted a great chance just beyond the near post.
18²WILKINSON raced past WHITEMAN but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
24²A cross from PRELEC left AYLING in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
30²A shot from AYLING was smothered by MORRIS.
32²An exceptional strike from MEJBRI was dealt with by a useful parry from KLAESSON.
33²A fine ball from MAY on the right fell to SPENCE who sliced his shot over.
34²A shot from MEJBRI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
38²PRELEC stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post.
39²MAY shot over.
43²The bemused MORRIS stared in disbelief as a backpass from RILEY dropped just wide.
44²A corner bobbled toward CHAIR who fired an effort just wide.

 
Walsall
 
League position: 23
Home league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LLLLXWXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Glenn MORRIS6½18 Kristoffer KLAESSON
Josh KEY7½27½Luke AYLING(c)
Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO7 37 Djed SPENCE
Isaac HUTCHINSON6½47 Ben WHITEMAN
Kelland WATTS7 57 Nectarios TRIANTIS
Emmanuel MONTHE7 66½Luka RACIC
Joe RILEY6½77 Ante CRNAC
Hannibal MEJBRI7 86½Nik PRELEC
(p)Conor WILKINSON6 96 Alfie MAY(p)
(f)Joe WARD6 106 Ilias CHAIR(f)
Nathan BROADHEAD7 116 Yuki OHASHI
Manager
Callum LANG  12  Mohamed BELLOUMI
Jake TURNER  13  Shamal GEORGE
Donervon DANIELS6 14  Miguel BRAU
Liam KINSELLA  157 Courtney BAKER-RICHARDSON
Louis JOHN  16  Nathan TJOE-A-ON
 
Newport County
 
League position: 11
Away league form: LOXW
Overall league form: LWWOXWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 2 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 10,890, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Iain Williamson 7½)

Triantis 44¹ (og), Mejbri 11²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Prelec 12¹
WilkinsonóDaniels 36²TriantisóBaker-Richardson 12²
  
  
35
1418
24
85
49
1214
54
49%51%
Man of the match: Kristoffer Klaesson