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title: "Newport County host Walsall in FA Cup first round"
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description: "Newport County face Walsall on 7 November 2026 in the FA Cup first round, in a match between two sides looking to improve on their recent results."
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# Newport County host Walsall in FA Cup first round

Newport County face Walsall on 7 November 2026 in the FA Cup first round, in a match between two sides looking to improve on their recent results.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 6 November 2026، 06:21 Saudi time

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Newport County host Walsall in FA Cup first round

[Newport County](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/newport-county-3397) will host [Walsall](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/walsall-3398) in a fixture to be played in the first round of the 2026 [FA Cup](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/fa-cup-58), on 7 November 2026 at 18:00 Saudi time (equivalent to Damascus time).

The match comes after mixed results for Newport County in their recent games, having lost their last away match against Boreham Wood 0-3 on 7 December 2025, and drawn 1-1 at home with Gillingham on 1 November 2025. They had previously lost at home to Peterborough 2-4 and Manchester United 2-4, while their last victory came away to Eastleigh 3-1.

As for Walsall, they suffered a heavy defeat in their last match away to Norwich 1-5 on 11 January 2026, but had achieved two consecutive wins before that, beating Gateshead 2-0 on 7 December 2025, and Eastleigh 3-0 on 2 November 2025. Walsall also lost at home to Charlton 0-4, while they previously won at home against Bolton 2-1.

Regarding the head-to-head history between the two sides, available data points to one match played between them on 4 November 2017, which ended with Newport County beating Walsall 2-1 at home.

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