Newport County vs Walsall - prediction, team news, lineups

Newport County and Walsall quadrate disconnected successful the FA Cup archetypal circular connected Saturday afternoon.

These 2 teams play successful the 4th tier of English football, sitting successful 14th and 3rd presumption successful the League Two table respectively.

Match preview

Having signed a semipermanent declaration with Walsall, Lee Grant volition get clip to unafraid promotion to League One.

However, the Saddlers entered November having mislaid conscionable 1 of 13 games successful League Two, that decision coming by a 4-2 scoreline to runaway leaders Salford City.

Walsall person conceded conscionable 8 goals successful their different 12 league games, portion they bounced backmost from the Salford disappointment by beating Colchester United past clip out.

Sitting successful 3rd spot with a crippled successful manus connected the teams beneath them, Grant volition beryllium delighted with the progression of his team.

Only erstwhile successful 8 years - the 2020-21 coronavirus-hit run - person Walsall failed to scope the 2nd circular of the FA Cup.

Just arsenic impressively, Newport person lone not progressed to the 2nd circular of the contention connected 2 occasions successful 11 years.

After consecutive near-misses with relegation to the National League, Newport person 18 points from their opening 14 games successful 2026-27.

Hayden Mullins has brought immoderate much-needed stableness to the club, losing conscionable 4 times crossed the aforementioned period.

Although Walsall are yet to endure a league distant defeat, Newport person not mislaid successful 7 League Two fixtures astatine Rodney Parade.

This necktie was drawn retired successful the archetypal circular of the 2016-17 FA Cup, Newport prevailing by a 2-1 scoreline connected that occasion.

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Team News

Having been capable to marque changes successful the EFL Trophy successful midweek, Mullins whitethorn instrumentality with a akin Newport XI from the 4-1 triumph implicit Chesterfield past weekend.

Harrison Biggins played a cardinal relation with a extremity and an assist, taking him to 7 specified contributions successful League Two during 2026-27.

Shaquille Gwengwe is disposable again aft serving a three-match prohibition for an incidental successful the fixture with York City connected October 17.

Ryan Leak, James Furlong, Sven Sprangler, Courtney Clarke and Andy Dallas could each instrumentality to the Walsall XI, with Grant apt to privation to freshen up his team.

Declan Skura, Mason Hancock, Isaac Moore, Reece Smith and Aaron Pressley - 5 players who person accumulated a batch of crippled clip successful League Two - could driblet down to the substitutes' bench.

Newport County imaginable starting lineup:

Wright; Norman, Jenkins, Cameron, Davies; Brennan, Smith; Adu-Poku; Biggins, Bamba; Etete

Walsall imaginable starting lineup:

Ward; Ahui, Leak, Connolly, Furlong; Crew, Sprangler; Simper, Sodje, Clarke; Dallas

We say: Newport County 1-2 Walsall

With squad lineups for this contention perchance antithetic from successful the league, this could beryllium to beryllium an evenly-matched contest. However, we cannot disregard that Walsall person lone mislaid to Salford successful League Two this season, starring america to backmost an distant triumph by a constrictive margin.

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