Newport County 2-4 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 8 November 2025
Result
Newport County 2-4 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 8 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-3
Newport County 2-4 Walsall: match report
Newport County were beaten by Walsall 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 8 November 2025. It was 2-3 at half-time.
Kai Whitmore opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Newport County's goals came from Kai Whitmore (16') and Gerard Garner (44'). Walsall scored through Daniel Kanu (17'), Ryan Finnigan (19'), Ryan Finnigan (37') and Rico Browne (52').
Discipline: Newport County received 4 yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newport County were 24th on 11 points from 14 and Walsall 1st on 26 points from 14. Newport County went on to finish that season 20th with 43 points, and Walsall 13th with 65.
Newport County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Finnigan of Walsall (8.6), ahead of Gerard Garner (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 2 draws and 2 for Walsall.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Kai Whitmore
- 17'Goal · Daniel Kanu
- 19'Goal · Ryan Finnigan
- 37'Goal · Ryan Finnigan
- 44'Goal · Gerard Garner
- 48'Yellow card · Habeeb Ogunneye
- 50'Yellow card · Aden Flint
- 52'Goal · Rico Browne
- 57'Yellow card · Sammy Braybrooke
- 61'Yellow card · Connor Barrett
- 61'Yellow card · Ben Lloyd
- 65'Yellow card · Kai Whitmore
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jordan Wright, Habeeb Ogunneye, Lee Jenkins, Cameron Evans, Joe Thomas, Cameron Antwi, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, Ben Lloyd, Kai Whitmore, Gerard Garner, Courtney Baker-Richardson
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Myles Roberts, Rico Browne, Aden Flint, Evan Weir, Connor Barrett, Charlie Lakin, Ryan Finnigan, Courtney Clarke, Vincent Harper, Daniel Kanu, Aaron Pressley