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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 20 (setup 1, season 30)
Walsall
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Darren KEET717Marco SPORTIELLO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE27Joshua BRENET
Maxime LESTIENNE3Mitchell DIJKS
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA747Marco BENASSI
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón5Aleksandar DRAGOVIC
Jorge PULIDO Mayoral66SERGI GÓMEZ Solá
James McCARTHY7Quincy PROMES
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia787GELSON Dany Batalha MARTINS
Marouane CHAMAKH9OGULCAN Çaglayan
Frederico Rodrigues Santos, FRED10OTÁVIO Henrique Passos Santos
Alejandro POZUELO Melero11Ondrej DUDA
Manager
Ravel MORRISON12Almamy TOURÉ
Stefano SABELLI613Hidde JURJUS
Adam HENLEY14Manuel LANZINI
Edimilson FERNANDES15Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva, RAFA
Solomon MARCH166RODRIGO CAIO Coquette Russo

Walsall 3 Oxford United 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 29,857, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 5)
19 Philippe Coutinho, 36 Fred, 47 ChamakhScorers22 Ogulcan
80 Piris <=> SabelliSubstitutions71 Sergi Gómez <=> Rodrigo Caio
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners5
12Fouls2
5Offsides5
5Shots on7
4Shots off9
9Total shots16
2Shots saved6
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Aleksandar DRAGOVIC
1A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Walsall 'keeper.
2The 'keeper saved a curling effort from PHILIPPE COUTINHO.
3A poor strike from DIJKS trickled agonisingly wide.
7A delightful save prevented BRENET from scoring a great goal.
8DIJKS shot wide.
13PHILIPPE COUTINHO ran onto a great ball from MCCARTHY but blasted his shot wide.
19GOAL!! PHILIPPE COUTINHO dribbled forward, looked up and blasted a shot into the Oxford United net. (1-0 Walsall)
21The 'keeper saved a clever shot from OGULCAN.
22GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled OGULCAN to run through the Walsall defence and score. (1-1)
24A lovely effort from DIJKS scraped the upright.
28A thirty yard shot from OTÁVIO caused the 'keeper no problem.
30PROMES hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
36GOAL!! A cross from PULIDO was touched away by DIJKS only for MCCARTHY to volley the ball back into the box for FRED to force into the net. (2-1 Walsall)
41JAVI GARCÍA headed just wide.
43OGULCAN's shot was well held by KEET.
 
47GOAL!! After some good play on the left CHAMAKH came inside and drove the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Walsall)
47OTÁVIO drove a deadly shot wide from just outside the area.
50PROMES beat three Walsall players and thundered a shot inches wide.
54A shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO seemed a certain goal but SPORTIELLO managed to force the ball away.
63OTÁVIO made space on the left and dragged the ball to GELSON MARTINS who touched the ball over.
64A pin-point pass bobbled toward GELSON MARTINS and his looping effort flew narrowly over.
65A mix up in the Walsall defence enabled BRENET to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
73CHAMAKH brought the ball past PROMES and rifled a poor shot past the post.
77A neatly crafted cross from DUDA, was placed goalbound by GELSON MARTINS only for KEET to claw away.
90A cross from FRED left SABELLI in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.