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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 22 (setup 2, season 18)
Walsall
v.
WBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Maduka OKOYE71Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonjoe KENNY72Tosin ADARABIOYO
Harry PICKERING38EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
Scott ALLAN4Romaine SAWYERS
Grant HANLEY65Jan BEDNAREK
Danny WILSON66Kyle BARTLEY
Lasse VIGEN Christensen77Kamil GROSICKI
Kenny McLEAN78Hal ROBSON-KANU
Mitchel CANDLIN97Daryl DIKE
Josh GINNELLY105Andy CARROLL
Jamie MURPHY11Chuba AKPOM
Manager
Danny BATTH12Kean BRYAN
Angus GUNN13Alex PALMER
George DOBSON14Dwight GAYLE
Zach CLOUGH15Nathan FERGUSON
Jacob MADDOX16Jovan MALCOLM

Walsall 1 WBA 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 12,106, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 6½)
34 McLeanScorers29 Emerson Palmieri
Substitutions
Sendings off
89 MurphyBookings
4Corners7
19Fouls14
1Offsides0
4Shots on8
5Shots off6
9Total shots14
3Shots saved6
37%Possession63%
Man of the match: EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
1A lovely effort from CANDLIN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
7A good ball from ADARABIOYO on the left was collected by ROBSON-KANU who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
9A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing WBA 'keeper.
9Uncertainty in the WBA defence enabled CANDLIN to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
16CANDLIN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
17DIKE made space on the left and dragged the ball to CARROLL who fired the ball over.
23A strike from DIKE held no problem for OKOYE.
29GOAL!! A long clearance by the WBA 'keeper beat the Walsall defence and EMERSON PALMIERI drove the ball past the advancing OKOYE. (1-0 WBA)
34GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from MURPHY allowed VIGEN to lay an exceptional ball off to MCLEAN who glanced the ball home. (1-1)
40A thirty yard shot from ROBSON-KANU caused the 'keeper no problem.
41A cross from CARROLL left ROBSON-KANU in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
45A penalty box scramble resulted in ROBSON-KANU driving a low shot wide.
 
47DIKE's shot was well held by the Walsall 'keeper.
54KENNY beat four WBA players and thundered a shot just beyond the near post.
56CANDLIN rattled a simple chance past the far post.
62MURPHY nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
64The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from MCLEAN.
74DIKE's shot beat OKOYE but rebounded off the Walsall crossbar.
77A neatly crafted pass from GROSICKI, was knocked goalbound by ROBSON-KANU only for the 'keeper to block.
78SAWYERS dribbled round ALLAN and rifled a weak shot over the bar.
83ROBSON-KANU ran onto a great ball from SAWYERS but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
87A delightful shot from ROBSON-KANU was dealt with by a fine stop from OKOYE.
89MURPHY booked for violent conduct.
90The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.