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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 45 (setup 1, season 29)
Walsall
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan PICKFORD616Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Stefano SABELLI2Juan Carlos PAREDES Reasco
Adam HENLEY37Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Nabil BENTALEB47Valon BEHRAMI
Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón757Timmy SIMONS
Frederico Rodrigues Santos, FRED6Richard KEOGH
WELLINGTON Aparecido Martins77Steven BERGHUIS
Jake FORSTER-CASKEY78Almen ABDI
Will GRIGG97Dieumerci MBOKANI BEZUA
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia106Grant LEADBITTER
Maxime LESTIENNE7116Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE
Manager
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA12Tommie HOBAN
Adam MATTHEWS136Josh MEEKINGS
Pietro PERDICHIZZI14Stephen QUINN
Matthew PENNINGTON15TIAGO ALVES Sales
Jorge PULIDO Mayoral166Leon BARNETT

Walsall 4 Watford 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 29,636, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Alan WILEY 7)
51 Philippe Coutinho, 53 Fred, 68 Lestienne, 86 LestienneScorers26p Mbokani Bezua, 47 Mbokani Bezua, 54 Mbokani Bezua
Substitutions86 De Préville <=> Barnett, 86 Oviedo <=> Meekings
Sendings off
Bookings3 Leadbitter, 7 Paredes, 33 Keogh
2Corners7
7Fouls10
9Offsides3
10Shots on8
4Shots off6
14Total shots14
6Shots saved5
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia
2ABDI made space on the left and touched the ball to DE PRÉVILLE who clipped the ball over.
3LEADBITTER booked for gamesmanship.
7PAREDES booked for a clinical challenge.
8WELLINGTON shot wide.
16A deadly effort from LEADBITTER was saved by the 'keeper.
24The Walsall 'keeper saved a glorious effort from BERGHUIS.
26GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Watford, after BENTALEB had fouled BERGHUIS, which MBOKANI BEZUA easily converted.
29A penalty box scramble resulted in ABDI driving the ball wide.
33The ref yellow cards KEOGH for a clumsy challenge.
37FRED headed just wide.
39LESTIENNE's header was well saved by KONSTANTOPOULOS.
41The Watford 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO.
 
47GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled MBOKANI BEZUA to fire the ball home. (2-0 Watford)
51The Watford 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
51GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed FORSTER-CASKEY to nudge the ball to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who flicked a right foot shot home. (2-1 Watford)
52A wonderful save prevented MBOKANI BEZUA from scoring a good goal.
53GOAL!! The creative PIRIS neatly flicked on a cross for FRED to volley the ball in. (2-2)
54GOAL!! WELLINGTON tried to play the ball out of the Walsall penalty area but was tackled by LEADBITTER who turned the ball to MBOKANI BEZUA for an easy goal. (3-2 Watford)
68GOAL!! On the left wing HENLEY collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for LESTIENNE to slide it into the net. (3-3)
70MBOKANI BEZUA was put clear by SIMONS and he raced past the Walsall 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide.
73KEOGH beat a number of Walsall players and fired a great chance over.
86GOAL!! As OVIEDO was attempting to hold back PIRIS the ball fell to LESTIENNE who hit the ball into the net. (4-3 Walsall)