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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 41 (setup 1, season 32)
Preston North End
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Fabricio Martin Agosto Ramírez, FABRI1Darren KEET
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Aleandro ROSI727Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE
Sebastien POCOGNOLI737Martin OLSSON
Nikola GULAN47Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Ezequiel Matías MUÑOZ57Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón
Santiago VERGINI6Jorge PULIDO Mayoral
Lenell JOHN-LEWIS67Nabil BENTALEB
IBAI Gómez Pérez8Edimilson FERNANDES
Theofanis GEKAS96Marouane CHAMAKH
Nastija CEH107James McCARTHY
Václav KADLEC611Alejandro POZUELO Melero
Manager
Adilson Tavares Varela, CABRAL12Fabrice OLINGA Essono
Matt MACEY13Liam ROBERTS
Adlène GUÉDIOURA146Will GRIGG
Alex MOWATT15Solomon MARCH
Arlind AJETI16Matthew PENNINGTON

Preston North End 1 Walsall 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 34,514, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Jirí LERCH 7)
13 CehScorers52 McCarthy, 70 McCarthy
Substitutions66 Pulido <=> Grigg
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners6
8Fouls3
5Offsides0
4Shots on8
9Shots off3
13Total shots11
3Shots saved6
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Santiago VERGINI
5A deadly effort from PULIDO was forced wide by the 'keeper.
13GOAL!! . (1-0 Preston North End)
17CEH worked the ball to JOHN-LEWIS, GEKAS collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of KEET.
20GEKAS booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
28A pin-point pass found GEKAS and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
29The Walsall 'keeper stopped a clever strike from IBAI.
31A header by OLSSON at the near post was easily collected by FABRI.
33THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE brought the ball away from IBAI and poked a tame shot wide.
37OLSSON charged through the Preston North End defence but shot straight at the Preston North End 'keeper.
 
46A shot from CHAMAKH was kicked off the line by ROSI.
46A poor shot from GULAN bounced agonisingly wide.
47A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing KEET.
51Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled KADLEC to hit the ball just wide.
52GOAL!! A mishit PIRIS shot was collected by MCCARTHY who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-1)
54ROSI beat four Walsall players and thundered a golden opportunity inches over.
59JOHN-LEWIS whacked a right foot shot over from twenty yards out.
68POZUELO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
70GOAL!! An imaginative PIRIS played a delightful ball down the left to MCCARTHY who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Walsall)
72The bemused Walsall 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JAVI GARCÍA fell just wide.
75JOHN-LEWIS headed wide.
76A penalty box meleé resulted in JOHN-LEWIS driving the ball wide.
83A fine ball from GRIGG on the right bobbled toward OLSSON who mishit his effort wide.
89A brilliant strike from FERNANDES was dealt with by a fine stop from FABRI.
90+1MCCARTHY shot over.