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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 16 (setup 1, season 31)
Walsall
v.
Brighton & HA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Darren KEET717Artur BORUC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón2Yohan BENALOUANE
Martin OLSSON73Javier GARRIDO Behobide
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA47Danny HOLLA
Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE57Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía
Jorge PULIDO Mayoral66Uwe HÜNEMEIER
James McCARTHY77Parvizdzhon UMARBAEV
Edimilson FERNANDES887Ryan BABEL
Marouane CHAMAKH97SERCAN Yildirim
Nabil BENTALEB7106Gilles SUNU
Alejandro POZUELO Melero711Luiz Ricardo Alves, SASSÁ
Manager
Maxime LESTIENNE12Razvan Dinca RAT
Solomon MARCH13Michel VORM
Fabrice OLINGA Essono14Marco MOTTA
Will GRIGG15Simon VUKCEVIC
Timo GEBHART16José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho

Walsall 2 Brighton & HA 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 29,979, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 6½)
5 Fernandes, 21 PozueloScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
44 Pulido, 73 McCarthyBookings22 Sunu
3Corners2
16Fouls8
1Offsides4
4Shots on3
5Shots off4
9Total shots7
2Shots saved3
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Edimilson FERNANDES
3A header by SASSÁ at the near post was easily collected by KEET.
5GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled FERNANDES to dribble through the Brighton & HA defence and score. (1-0 Walsall)
7A penalty box scramble resulted in SERCAN cracking a low shot wide.
10A corner bobbled toward FERNANDES who fired an effort just beyond the far post.
12A useful ball from BENTALEB on the left found FERNANDES who sliced his shot just wide.
21GOAL!! A strike from POZUELO which the 'keeper was able to block seemed to have crossed the line and the referee gave the goal. (2-0 Walsall)
22A clumsy tackle on PULIDO by SUNU results in a booking.
24An exceptional shot from BABEL was dealt with by a good parry from the Walsall 'keeper.
28A header from CHAMAKH was kicked off the line by CABRERA.
31MCCARTHY made space on the left and touched the ball to FERNANDES who rasped the ball wide.
33Uncertainty in the Brighton & HA defence enabled POZUELO to thump an effort over.
39UMARBAEV beat PULIDO and drilled the ball to BABEL who fired his effort wide.
44A clinical tackle gets PULIDO a yellow card.
 
47SASSÁ beat three Walsall players and thundered a shot just beyond the far post.
56BORUC did well to hold onto a fierce strike from FERNANDES.
62A looping effort from BABEL was pushed over by the 'keeper.
73MCCARTHY booked for gamesmanship.
86BENTALEB brought the ball round GARRIDO and poked a poor shot into the crowd.
89A pin-point pass was collected by SASSÁ and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.