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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 3, season 6)
Walsall
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Antonio ADÁN Garrido1Péter GULÁCSI
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
9
Robin LE NORMAND52José DIOGO DALOT Teixeira
Perr SCHUURS37Jonathan Castro Otto, JONNY
Bryan CRISTANTE4Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Francesco ACERBI757Jean-Clair TODIBO
JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN Mondragón66Nemanja MATIC
Jonas HOFMANN87Ismaďla SARR
Pablo SARABIA García8Noah SAHSAH
Joăo Paulo Dias Fernandes, PAULINHO79Brajan GRUDA
Youssouf FOFANA710JOĂO PEDRO Junqueira de Jesus
Alassane PLÉA117SÁVIO Moreira de Oliveira
ManagerSam Ashby
Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, RAFINHA12Samson BAIDOO
Remko PASVEER13Bernd LENO
Emil FORSBERG14Assan OUEDRAOGO
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho15Oleksandr ZINCHENKO
Jack CLARKE16Benjamin TAHIROVIC

Walsall 4 Watford 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 10,781, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Uriah RENNIE 8)
39 Le Normand, 42 Fofana, 65 Acerbi, 90+3 HofmannScorers61 Diogo Dalot
63 Le Normand <=> ClarkeSubstitutions
Sendings off
5 SarabiaBookings3 Sávio, 16 Sarr
1Corners3
11Fouls15
4Offsides13
10Shots on6
7Shots off4
17Total shots10
6Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Jonas HOFMANN
3SÁVIO booked for an off-the-ball incident.
5A delightful save prevented SARABIA from scoring an exceptional goal.
5SARABIA booked.
7A pin-point pass was collected by SARABIA and his right foot effort flew narrowly over.
16SARR booked by the referee.
19An exceptional effort from JOĂO PEDRO scraped the outside of the post.
21PLÉA beat TODIBO but blasted the ball into the arms of GULÁCSI.
21A penalty box meleé resulted in VIDAL cracking a low shot wide.
22VIDAL's shot beat ADÁN but rebounded off the Walsall crossbar.
23SÁVIO shot over.
39GOAL!! An outswinging corner booted out by DIOGO DALOT was fired into the back of the net by LE NORMAND. (1-0 Walsall)
41A cross from HOFMANN left FOFANA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
42GOAL!! An imaginative ACERBI played a great ball down the middle to FOFANA who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-0 Walsall)
 
50The Watford 'keeper saved a curling shot from HOFMANN.
59The Walsall 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from SÁVIO.
61GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to GRUDA who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily DIOGO DALOT was on hand to blast the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Walsall)
65GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with ACERBI striking the ball into the net. (3-1 Walsall)
70An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by JOĂO PEDRO.
76The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
83A mix up in the Walsall defence enabled SARR to hammer the ball wide.
88CLARKE nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
90+3GOAL!! Unlucky PAULINHO hit the upright before HOFMANN rifled the ball home as DIOGO DALOT failed to clear. (4-1 Walsall)