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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 12 (setup 1, season 36)
Walsall
v.
Brighton & HA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO Mariño Villar516Alex McCARTHY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Robbie McKENZIE627Maya YOSHIDA
Mathew SADLER3Javier GARRIDO Behobide
Danny GUTHRIE64Pascal GROSS
Dan SCARR57Yves BISSOUMA
Kory ROBERTS66BERNARDO Fernandes da Silva Junior
Stuart SINCLAIR7Luiz Ricardo Alves, SASSÁ
Jack NOLAN8Alireza JAHANBAKHSH
Elijah ADEBAYO69SERCAN Yildirim
Josh GORDON6107Jürgen LOCADIA
Jordan AYEW7118Neal MAUPAY
Manager
James HARDY12Soufyan AHANNACH
Adrián ORTOLÁ Vaño13Michel VORM
Gary LIDDLE14Danny HOLLA
Caolan LAVERY15Jordan COUSINS
Cameron PRING16

Walsall 0 Brighton & HA 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,860, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 7½)
Scorers22 Locadia, 43 Sercan, 73 Sassá
Substitutions
Sendings off
21 Guthrie, 46 Gordon, 79 Diego, 80 RobertsBookings
3Corners3
20Fouls7
2Offsides4
1Shots on5
8Shots off7
9Total shots12
1Shots saved2
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Pascal GROSS
6GORDON floated the ball to SINCLAIR who touched it wide.
6A corner bobbled toward GUTHRIE who fired an effort wide.
8A poor shot from ADEBAYO bounced agonisingly wide.
17An exceptional effort from JAHANBAKHSH scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
19The motionless Walsall 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MCKENZIE dropped just wide.
21GUTHRIE given a yellow card for a poor challenge on MAUPAY.
22GOAL!! Brighton & HA's LOCADIA beat four defenders before firing just inside DIEGO's near post. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
27An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by LOCADIA.
31NOLAN rifled an easy chance past the far post.
43GOAL!! The Walsall 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from SADLER and SERCAN managed to scramble the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Brighton & HA)
45+1A penalty box meleé resulted in GROSS tapping the ball wide.
45+3Uncertainty in the Brighton & HA defence enabled ADEBAYO to thump the ball over the bar.
 
46GORDON booked for gamesmanship.
48GUTHRIE made space on the right and touched the ball to SINCLAIR who touched the ball over.
49A good ball from LOCADIA on the left was collected by JAHANBAKHSH who scuffed his shot wide.
58ADEBAYO headed over the bar.
61SASSÁ shot wide.
66A header by MAUPAY at the near post was comfortably collected by the Walsall 'keeper.
66An exceptional shot from NOLAN was dealt with by a good parry from the Brighton & HA 'keeper.
71JAHANBAKHSH was put clear by GARRIDO and he pulled away from the 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
73GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly drove into the roof of the net by SASSÁ. (3-0 Brighton & HA)
73A cross from GUTHRIE left ADEBAYO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
79TAYLOR cautions DIEGO for a bad tackle.
80ROBERTS receives a yellow card by the ref.
87A accurate pass bobbled toward YOSHIDA and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.