The New Saints v Sabah FA result
Team pages: The New Saints · Sabah FA
The model’s pre-match pick
The New Saints 1–2 Sabah FA — Sabah FA won this UEFA Champions League match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Away.
The result
Sabah FA won 2–1 at Park Hall in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday 14 July.
The goals
Sabah FA led 2–0 at half-time. The goals — Sabah FA: Joy-Lance Mickels (28’, assisted by Aaron Malouda) and Rəhman Daşdəmirov (42’, assisted by Tymoteusz Puchacz); The New Saints: J. Lock (89’).
How it turned
Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s three key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Joy-Lance Mickels’s goal on 28 minutes.
Discipline
M. Busquets showed three yellow cards — against 4.6 yellows a game across the last 16 matches refereed (all competitions). The bookings — The New Saints: Rhys Hughes (48’) and Ryan Brobbel (72’); Sabah FA: Ivan Lepinjica (5’).
Who stood out
By TACTIX Impact for this match, Joy-Lance Mickels (Sabah FA) 3.5, Stas Pokatilov (Sabah FA) 3.0 and Tymoteusz Puchacz (Sabah FA) 2.5 led the match.
What the model said
The model’s free pick, The New Saints or Sabah FA (no draw), a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record like every other call. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 77.2% of the time in the last 90 days (3501 of 4535).
Next up
The New Saints next host Ammanford AFC on 23 October 2026.
Sabah FA next host Borussia Dortmund on 20 October 2026.
Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.
Next for The New Saints: The New Saints v Ammanford AFC, Friday 23 October — the preview. Next for Sabah FA: Sabah FA v Borussia Dortmund, Tuesday 20 October — the preview.
The numbers
- Result: The New Saints 1–2 Sabah FA · UEFA Champions League
- Venue: Park Hall · Oswestry
- Referee: M. Busquets
- Model coverage: 19 markets priced for this fixture
- Head-to-head (last 1): The New Saints 0 · draws 0 · Sabah FA 1 · 2 goals/game
- Recent form: The New Saints 3W 0D 2L · Sabah FA 3W 0D 2L
The New Saints 1–2 Sabah FA (UEFA Champions League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 19 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →
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Match statistics & details
| The New Saints | Sabah FA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Possession | 54% |
| 10 | Shots | 12 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 6 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 0 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
The New Saints player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Williams | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Simeu | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Hughes | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Y | 0 |
| D. Corness | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Redmond | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brobbel | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Y | 0 |
| L. Smith | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eoin Farrell | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Davies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Clark | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Jefferies | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Nolan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sabah FA player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stas Pokatilov | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Zedadka | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erivaldo Almeida | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Rahmonaliyev | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tymoteusz Puchacz | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Isaev | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Simić | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Malouda | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mickels | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Lepinjica | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Y | 0 |
| Rodrigo Fernandes | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Mbina | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Parris | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y. Lachaab | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| X. Severina | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.
Form, head-to-head & standings
The numbers behind The New Saints v Sabah FA — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)
- 2026-07-07 Sabah FA 2–0 The New Saints
The full post-match picture
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Frequently asked questions
- What was the model’s pick for The New Saints v Sabah FA?
- TACTIX’s free model pick for The New Saints v Sabah FA was Home or Away.
- What is the head-to-head record between The New Saints and Sabah FA?
- In their last 1 meetings, The New Saints won 0, Sabah FA won 1 and there were 0 draws, averaging 2 goals per game.
- What is the recent form of The New Saints and Sabah FA?
- Recent form — The New Saints 3W 0D 2L; Sabah FA 3W 0D 2L.
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