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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 39 (setup 1, season 31)
Brighton & HA
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Artur BORUC817Darren KEET
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Yohan BENALOUANE2Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón
Javier GARRIDO Behobide737Solomon MARCH
Alberto AQUILANI4Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía5Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE
Jacques FATY76Matthew PENNINGTON
Lucas Martín VILLAFÁÑEZ7James McCARTHY
Ryan BABEL87Edimilson FERNANDES
SERCAN Yildirim9Marouane CHAMAKH
Anthony KNOCKAERT10Alain TRAORÉ
Tommer HEMED711Fabrice OLINGA Essono
Manager
José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho12Maxime LESTIENNE
Michael CORDIER136Ravel MORRISON
Gilles SUNU14Timo GEBHART
Marco MOTTA15Pietro PERDICHIZZI
Jonathan 'Alexis' FERRANTE16Stefano SABELLI

Brighton & HA 2 Walsall 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,579, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Paul MUSSELWHITE 7½)
22 Babel, 75 BabelScorers
Substitutions77 Traoré <=> Morrison
Sendings off
Bookings26 Piris, 90+4 Pennington
3Corners4
3Fouls8
3Offsides1
4Shots on7
10Shots off4
14Total shots11
2Shots saved7
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Alberto AQUILANI
3AQUILANI worked the ball to KNOCKAERT, BABEL collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of KEET.
3JAVI GARCÍA ran onto a great ball from TRAORÉ but pulled his shot wide.
7A weak shot from FERNANDES bounced agonisingly wide.
11SERCAN shot over.
13A shot from SERCAN was nodded off the line by PIRIS.
18A pin-point pass bobbled toward HEMED and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
22GOAL!! On the left wing KNOCKAERT collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for BABEL to fire it into the back of the net. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
26PIRIS booked for a late challenge.
28An exceptional effort from VILLAFÁÑEZ scraped the outside of the post.
31A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
36VILLAFÁÑEZ beat two Walsall players and drove a great chance wide.
36BORUC managed to claw away a wicked shot.
42A penalty box meleé resulted in FERNANDES cracking a low shot wide.
 
58CHAMAKH's shot was well saved by the Brighton & HA 'keeper.
66A corner fell to BABEL who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
67A strike from CHAMAKH held no problem for the 'keeper.
75GOAL!! A long clearance by the Brighton & HA 'keeper beat the Walsall defence and BABEL fired the ball beyond the oncoming Walsall 'keeper. (2-0 Brighton & HA)
82A free-kick from BABEL floated wide.
88A shot from MORRISON seemed a certain goal but the Brighton & HA 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
90+1A thirty yard shot from CHAMAKH caused BORUC little difficulty.
90+3SERCAN made space on the left and pulled the ball to BABEL who clipped the ball over.
90+4PENNINGTON booked for arguing with the referee.