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NEWS & VIEWS
After securing a well-deserved win over Gillingham at the weekend, Isaac Hutchinson's hat-trick seeing the Saddlers ease to victory 4-1, attention now turns to Friday and a trip to South Wales for an evening meeting with early-season strugglers, Newport County.
Undoubtedly buoyed by last Saturday's comfortable win over the Gills, Friday evening's clash at Rodney Parade presents the Saddlers with an opportunity to increase their advantage over the teams at the bottom and maybe even move into the top half of the table.
That's not to say the Exiles will be a walk-over, we all know the Saddlers are more than capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, but County are in the midst of a terrible vein of form, with Graham Coughlan's side winning just one of their last eight league games.
WALSALL TEAM NEWS
Walsall will be without Aramide Oteh, who recently suffered an injury setback that could see him miss over a month of action.
Jack Earing will also miss out as he continues to work his way back to full fitness.
FORM IN FIVE
Here is how the Saddlers and their opponents have fared in their last five Sky Bet League Two games.
NEWPORT COUNTY
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WALSALL |
LLWLL
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
Walsall and Newport County have met on seventy previous occasions and it's the Exiles who hold an overall Head-to-Head lead having won on twenty-seven previous occasions compared to the Saddlers' twenty-four.
There have also been nineteen draws over the fixture's history, a history which began at Fellows Park on Saturday, 8th October 1927 as the two sides met in a Division Three (South) clash which Newport won by three goals to nil.
THE LAST TIME WE MET
The most recent meeting between the Saddlers and Exiles took place at Poundland Bescot Stadium on Saturday, 18th February 2023, and saw the spoils shared as Isaac Hutchinson's first-half strike was cancelled out by former Red Cameron Norman in the second-half.
MATCH OFFICIALS
The EFL has confirmed that Sunny Singh Gill who is based in London, will be the man in the middle, whilst Abbas Khan and Steve Durnall have been named assistant referees. Thomas Harty will act as Fourth Official.
GAMES OFFICIATED
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11
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YELLOW
CARDS |
RED
CARDS |
55
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PENALTIES AWARDED
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2
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