The New Saints vs Sabah FA — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow1 clip- 5′Sabah FA, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Sabah FA, goal:0–1assist
- 42′Sabah FA, goal:0–2assist
- Half-time0 – 2
- 46′The New Saints, substitution:off
- 48′The New Saints, yellow card:Foul
- 60′The New Saints, substitution:offE. Farrell
- 60′The New Saints, substitution:off
- 69′Sabah FA, substitution:off
- 70′Sabah FA, substitution:off
- 72′The New Saints, yellow card:Foul
- 74′The New Saints, substitution:off
- 76′Sabah FA, substitution:off
- 77′Sabah FA, substitution:off
- 82′Sabah FA, substitution:off
- 83′The New Saints, substitution:Z. Nolanoff
- 89′The New Saints, goal:1–2
- Full-time1 – 2
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Sabah FA hold off The New Saints comeback to win at Park Hall
Sabah FA beat The New Saints 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League 1st Qualifying Round at Park Hall. The visitors led at half-time and held on despite a late reply from the hosts.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
J. Mickels put Sabah FA ahead in the 28th minute, assisted by A. Malouda, before R. Daşdəmirov doubled the lead on 42 minutes with an assist from Tymoteusz Puchacz, sending the sides in at 0-2 at the break.
The New Saints improved after the interval but could not find a way back until J. Lock scored in the 89th minute to make it 1-2, a strike that proved too late to change the outcome as Sabah FA closed out the win.
Sabah FA edged possession at 54% to 46% and had more shots on target, six to The New Saints' four, reflecting their control of the game.
Sabah FA won 2–1 away against The New Saints (half-time 0–2).
The New Saints met Sabah FA in the UEFA Champions League (1st Qualifying Round). Kick-off was Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 17:30 UTC at Park Hall. Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer.
Team pages: The New Saints · Sabah FA · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 28' Goal: Joy-Lance Mickels (assist: Aaron Malouda) — 0–1 · Watch Joy-Lance Mickels's goal video (28')
- 42' Goal: Rəhman Daşdəmirov (assist: Tymoteusz Puchacz) — 0–2
- 89' Goal: Joshua Lock — 1–2
Starting line-ups
The New Saints (4-4-2)
Sabah FA (4-2-3-1)
- 92 Stas Pokatilov
- 27 Tymoteusz Puchacz
- 5 Rəhman Daşdəmirov
- 33 Erivaldo Almeida
- 80 Akim Zedadka
- 13 Ivan Lepinjica
- 7 U. Rakhmonaliyev
- 19 Aaron Malouda
- 10 Aleksey Isaev
- 21 Veljko Simić
- 20 Joy-Lance Mickels
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave The New Saints 38%, the draw 30%, Sabah FA 32%. It finished The New Saints 1–2 Sabah FA.
Home ground outweighs Sabah FA's rating edge — Sabah FA are the stronger side on our strength rating, but home ground gives The New Saints the lean. The draw at 30% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why The New Saints at 38%?
Home ground, against the rating. Sabah FA sit 55 points higher on our strength rating — 1356 to 1411. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 32.9% of 10,419 such games.
Why only 38%?
Because Sabah FA are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 30% and Sabah FA at 32%.
Why the draw at 30%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.4%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,364. The goals environment adds 1.5 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
The New Saints have shed 98 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,502 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Sabah FA have 15 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the The New Saints vs Sabah FA final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from The New Saints 1–2 Sabah FA. Explore more on the The New Saints and Sabah FA team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.