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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 13 (setup 1, season 31)
Walsall
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Darren KEET1Joël DROMMEL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE27Pavel KADERÁBEK
Martin OLSSON37Mitchell DIJKS
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Tom ROGIC
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón5Aleksandar DRAGOVIC
Nabil BENTALEB66Andreu FONTÁS Prat
James McCARTHY78Quincy PROMES
Maxime LESTIENNE8Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva, RAFA
Marouane CHAMAKH69OGULCAN Çaglayan
Solomon MARCH10Milot RASHICA
Fabrice OLINGA Essono6117Wanderson Ferreira de Oliveira, VALDÍVIA
Manager
Edimilson FERNANDES12GUSTAVO Henrique Furtado SCARPA
Ravel MORRISON13Arthur MASUAKU
Stefano SABELLI14Jean-Daniel AKPA-AKPRO
Timo GEBHART15Ondrej DUDA
Charlie COLKETT16Zakaria BAKKALI

Walsall 3 Oxford United 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 29,807, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andy PENN 8)
23 Lestienne, 43 Lestienne, 61 OlssonScorers
Substitutions78 Valdívia <=> Bakkali
Sendings off
21 Bentaleb, 45 MarchBookings
3Corners3
24Fouls11
1Offsides4
5Shots on7
10Shots off3
15Total shots10
2Shots saved7
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
12CHAMAKH stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
18A twenty-five yard drive from RAFA caused the Walsall 'keeper little difficulty.
21The ref cautions BENTALEB.
23GOAL!! A shot from OLSSON was hoofed off the line only for LESTIENNE to slide the ball home. (1-0 Walsall)
28A delightful save prevented DIJKS from scoring a good goal.
34CHAMAKH headed over the bar.
36MCCARTHY shot wide.
38BENTALEB ran onto a great ball from JAVI GARCÍA but fumbled his shot wide.
43GOAL!! A neat one-two left LESTIENNE clear and he made no mistake by expertly floating the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-0 Walsall)
45A high challenge on DRAGOVIC by MARCH results in a booking.
 
47Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled CHAMAKH to thump the ball wide.
49An exceptional effort from LESTIENNE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
54A shot from MARCH was smothered by DROMMEL.
60OGULCAN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
61GOAL!! A shot from OLSSON bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Oxford United 'keeper. (3-0 Walsall)
66The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Oxford United's RAFA.
68A weak shot from JAVI GARCÍA trickled agonisingly wide.
74A fine ball from RASHICA on the right bobbled toward RAFA who scuffed his shot over the bar.
77An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of KEET by OGULCAN.
86A pin-point pass was collected by RAFA and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
89A free-kick from JAVI GARCÍA floated just wide.
89A penalty box meleé resulted in BENTALEB cracking the ball over.