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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 38 (setup 3, season 5)
Walsall
v.
Leicester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Remko PASVEER61Unai SIMÓN Mendibil
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Robin LE NORMAND2Alejandro BALDE Martínez
Perr SCHUURS36Nahuel MOLINA Lucero
Bryan CRISTANTE64PAU Francisco TORRES
Francesco ACERBI75Mats HUMMELS
Chris SMALLING67Manuel LOCATELLI
Jonas HOFMANN77Éric GARCÍA Martret
Emil FORSBERG687Toni KROOS
João Paulo Dias Fernandes, PAULINHO9GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
Youssouf FOFANA6106Leroy SANÉ
Alassane PLÉA7117Lautaro Javier MARTÍNEZ
Manager
JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN Mondragón12MIKEL Oyarzabal Ugarte
Pablo SARABIA García13David RAYA Martin
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho14Pablo Martín Páez Gavira, GAVI
Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, RAFINHA15Serge GNABRY
Jack CLARKE16Leonardo BONUCCI

Walsall 3 Leicester City 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 10,842, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andre MARRINER 8)
22 Paulinho, 49 Acerbi, 79p PaulinhoScorers17 Martínez, 20 Balde
51 Le Normand <=> Clarke, 57 Schuurs <=> Rodrigo MunizSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
9Fouls16
0Offsides12
7Shots on6
5Shots off6
12Total shots12
3Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: PAU Francisco TORRES
1A left foot shot from PAULINHO was clawed past the post by SIMÓN.
4The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MOLINA fell just wide.
7A tame strike from HOFMANN bounced agonisingly wide.
10KROOS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Walsall woodwork.
13BALDE turned FOFANA but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
15CRISTANTE beat KROOS and placed the ball to PAULINHO who fumbled his shot wide.
17GOAL!! With his back to goal MARTÍNEZ turned and rattled the ball past PASVEER. (1-0 Leicester City)
19MARTÍNEZ clipped the ball through a crowd of players but PASVEER was a match for it as he dived to his right.
20GOAL!! A nice run by LOCATELLI on the right was capped by a great cross which BALDE headed home from inside the penalty box. (2-0 Leicester City)
22GOAL!! Walsall's PAULINHO beat a number of defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's near post. (2-1 Leicester City)
27A strike from HOFMANN held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
28GABRIEL JESUS flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
38SANÉ shot wide.
39MARTÍNEZ waltzed past ACERBI and stabbed a weak shot past the post.
40PAULINHO headed inches over.
40LOCATELLI was put clear by HUMMELS and he beat the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide.
 
49GOAL!! Unlucky FORSBERG hit the post before ACERBI rattled the ball into the net as PAU TORRES failed to clear. (2-2)
58The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce shot.
59A pin-point pass bobbled toward SANÉ and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
66A cross from HOFMANN left FORSBERG in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
72A header by FOFANA at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
75SIMÓN was able to palm clear a tame shot from FORSBERG.
79GOAL!! PAULINHO stroked a penalty past the 'keeper after BALDE had handled just inside the area.
82SANÉ blasted a right foot shot over from long range.