Walsall vs Newport County betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League Two match on December 29th, 2024

Walsall and Newport County are scheduled to play against each other on December 29th, 2024, Sunday at 15:00h (UTC), in a League Two match to be held in England, check the Walsall vs Newport County betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Walsall vs Newport County will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Poundland Bescot Stadium stadium, in the city of Walsall, with a capacity for 11300 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Walsall vs Newport County betting tip 2024/2025

The League Two has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.98 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.5 goals per match played.

Walsall last match

The last match ended in a win for the Walsall team. On that occasion they met Harrogate Town for the League Two, and the match ended 0-2. Coach M. Sadler's lined up a 3-5-2 formation.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.62.

Much of this positive result from Walsall is due to Nathan Lowe. The athlete was a great highlight of the team in the match. Besides, to score 1 goal, he shined in several other decisive plays during the encounter.

Newport County last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League Two, Newport County, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Milton Keynes Dons team with a final score of 6-3.

The underdog's win had odds of 5.25, which shows why we have witnessed an incredible surprise with this unexpected victory.

Walsall vs Newport County h2h

Walsall was in 15th place in the League Two while Newport County was in 13th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Walsall team entered the field with the 3-5-2 formation, the same tactic Newport County used in the match.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 10-02-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the League Two, which ended with a 0-3 win for Newport County.

The Walsall team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Newport County team, which won only 1 game.

C. Brook has been selected to officiate in this football match alongside M. Cunliffe and T. Walker.

Walsall

League Two leaderboard now

The Walsall team with 43 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 13 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.

This means that Port Vale team, in 2nd place, is close behind in the 23rd round with a disadvantage of 6 points.

Walsall analysis

Walsall after 22 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 37 goals and conceded only 19 to opponents.

Walsall average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 4.3 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 1.85 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

Over the course of the tournament, Walsall recorded an average ball possession of 43.6%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Walsall will play against Newport County, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Having a record of 7 wins versus 1 loss, and 2 draws in comparison to the 6 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

In comparison to Newport County 1654 attacks and 27 goals, Walsall has had 1733 attacks and 37 goals.

Best goalscorer from Walsall

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Nathan Lowe has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Walsall with 10 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Newport County

League Two leaderboard now

Newport County arrives in this game with 26 points, and in 16th place in the League Two, having won 7 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 5 draws.

The team has the same number of points that the Barrow who holds the 15th place in the 23rd round.

Newport County analysis

After round 22 of League Two we count 27 goals scored by Newport County and 31 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Newport County

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Kyle Hudlin. The Attacker has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Newport County come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Walsall is Nathan Lowe, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Newport County is Kyle Hudlin, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 4.4 corners.

Walsall is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.15 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Walsall in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.73 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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