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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 3 (setup 1, season 32)
Walsall
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Darren KEET71Fraser FORSTER
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón2Ryan BENNETT
Martin OLSSON738Billy JONES
Nabil BENTALEB47Marco VAN GINKEL
Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE65Phil JONES
Matthew PENNINGTON66Uros SPAJIC
WELLINGTON Aparecido Martins7Alexander ESSWEIN
Solomon MARCH787Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS
Marouane CHAMAKH97Duván Esteban ZAPATA Banguero
James McCARTHY10Fabio BORINI
Alejandro POZUELO Melero117RICHARLISON de Andrade
ManagerChris Barber
Stefano SABELLI12Valentin ROBERGE
Pietro PERDICHIZZI13Loris KARIUS
Ryan NYAMBE14Martin TERRIER
Edimilson FERNANDES15André HOFFMANN
Adam MATTHEWS16Nicolás Ignacio CASTILLO Mora

Walsall 1 Sunderland 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,849, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Steve BRATT 6½)
6 McCarthyScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
30 PenningtonBookings81 Esswein
7Corners4
3Fouls3
2Offsides6
2Shots on6
7Shots off15
9Total shots21
1Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Billy JONES
1ZAPATA dribbled round MARCH and poked a poor shot well wide.
2A header by RICHARLISON at the near post was comfortably collected by KEET.
5CHAMAKH made space on the left and pulled the ball to POZUELO who clipped the ball wide.
6GOAL!! A beautiful outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by MCCARTHY. (1-0 Walsall)
7JONES beat two Walsall players and slammed a shot wide.
12A great effort from VAN GINKEL scraped the upright.
12RICHARLISON beat WELLINGTON and placed the ball to BORINI who toe-poked his effort wide.
15MARCH poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
23WELLINGTON hit a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
29A strike from OCAMPOS held no problem for KEET.
30The referee cautions PENNINGTON for a bad foul.
32A fine ball from SPAJIC on the left fell to BORINI who mishit his shot wide.
45A accurate pass bobbled toward OCAMPOS and his looping effort floated narrowly wide.
45+2The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BENNETT dropped just over.
 
50A shot from OLSSON was smothered by the Sunderland 'keeper.
51ZAPATA floated the ball to ESSWEIN who fired it inches over.
51A penalty box meleé resulted in BENTALEB knocking the ball wide.
62KEET saved a clever strike from BORINI.
64BENTALEB was put clear by WELLINGTON and he stepped inside the Sunderland 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
67BORINI rushed an easy chance.
81A high tackle gets ESSWEIN a yellow card.
90+3The Walsall 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.