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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 3, season 5)
WBA
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Igor AKINFEEV71Antonio ADÁN Garrido
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Guillermo CUADRADO Bello72Youssouf FOFANA
Filip KOSTIC3Chris SMALLING
Henrikh MKHITARYAN747David Jiménez SILVA
Jan VERTONGHEN75Francesco ACERBI
Simon KJÆR66JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN Mondragón
Max KRUSE677Jack CLARKE
Marcos Javier ACUÑA787Bryan CRISTANTE
Wissam BEN YEDDER97Alassane PLÉA
OKAY Yokuslu710Pablo SARABIA García
Luis Fernando MURIEL Fruto116Emil FORSBERG
ManagerSam Merson
Craig DAWSON12Phil JAGIELKA
Sam JOHNSTONE13Remko PASVEER
Dara O'SHEA14RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho
Daniel WASS15Lee GRANT
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza16João Paulo Dias Fernandes, PAULINHO

WBA 1 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,715, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Martin PENICKA 7, TV: highlights)
45+1 AcuñaScorers75 Forsberg
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings38 Sarabia
5Corners6
7Fouls8
2Offsides9
7Shots on9
12Shots off5
19Total shots14
5Shots saved7
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Antonio ADÁN Garrido
3A delightful save prevented BEN YEDDER from scoring a lovely goal.
12FORSBERG's shot was well saved by AKINFEEV.
18A weak shot from MURIEL rolled agonisingly wide.
19FORSBERG worked the ball to SARABIA, PLÉA latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of AKINFEEV.
24A thirty yard shot from JOSÉ FONTÁN caused the 'keeper no problem.
25A shot from ACUÑA held little difficulty for ADÁN.
30A mix up in the Walsall defence enabled ACUÑA to hammer an effort just beyond the far post.
31ACUÑA shot over.
35The stunned Walsall 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ACERBI dropped just over.
38SARABIA booked.
39A good effort from ACUÑA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
41MURIEL knocked the ball to OKAY who fired it wide.
45+1GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to ACUÑA who placed the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 WBA)
 
48A header by PLÉA at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
52ACUÑA placed a deadly shot just beyond the far post from long range.
60PLÉA waltzed round KOSTIC and flicked a tame shot wide.
64A penalty box meleé resulted in CRISTANTE cracking the ball over.
68SILVA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
73BEN YEDDER made space on the left and dragged the ball to MURIEL who touched the ball wide.
75GOAL!! On the left wing SILVA collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for FORSBERG to drill it into the roof of the net. (1-1)
78ACUÑA was put clear by OKAY and he raced past the 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
79PLÉA booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.