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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 33 (setup 4, season 27)
Walsall
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Donovan RICKETTS1Bogdan LOBONT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Richard KEOGH27Shkodran MUSTAFI
Steven SMITH3Andrew TAYLOR
Romaine SAWYERS48Jake LIVERMORE
Damien DELANEY65Emanuel POGATETZ
Tommy SMITH6RAFAEL Pereira da Silva
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN677KI Sung-yueng
Daniel JOHNSON8Stephen HUNT
David N'GOG9Mauro BOSELLI
Ashley FLETCHER10Billy SHARP
Ollie WATKINS117John SUTTON
Manager
Francisco Jiménez Tejada, XISCO12Brian STOCK
Andreas VAIKLA13Alan JULIAN
Abdoulaye MÉITÉ14Massimo MACCARONE
Simeon JACKSON615Tom ELLIOTT
Sergio PETER16Paul LINWOOD

Walsall 3 Rushden&Diamonds 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 17,018, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7)
15 Smith, 23 Watkins, 68 JohnsonScorers8og Smith, 28 Hunt
68 Watkins <=> JacksonSubstitutions
Sendings off
76 KeoghBookings
1Corners1
8Fouls4
1Offsides6
6Shots on3
8Shots off10
14Total shots13
3Shots saved1
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Emanuel POGATETZ
8GOAL!! A corner shot across the box and SMITH fumbled the ball into his own net.
14JOHNSON's shot was well saved by LOBONT.
15GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from DELANEY caught the Rushden&Diamonds defence napping and SMITH ran on to round the 'keeper and score. (1-1)
17A corner bobbled toward BOSELLI who touched an effort inches over.
23GOAL!! A mix up between TAYLOR and the Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper allowed WATKINS to tap the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Walsall)
28GOAL!! A KI run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for HUNT to volley in. (2-2)
29N'GOG ran onto a delightful ball from PEDERSEN but dragged his effort wide of the lefthand post.
33A useful ball from HUNT on the right found SUTTON who sliced his shot inches wide.
35A cross from KI left BOSELLI in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
37SHARP brought the ball round KEOGH and stroked a poor shot past the post.
 
48The bemused RICKETTS stared in disbelief as a backpass from SMITH dropped just over.
54JOHNSON was put clear by FLETCHER and he pulled away from the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
55SAWYERS shot over.
57FLETCHER headed just beyond the far post.
61JOHNSON hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
64A weak strike from SMITH rolled agonisingly wide.
68GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled JOHNSON to slip the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Walsall)
76FREESTONE yellow cards KEOGH for a high tackle.
82A free-kick from PEDERSEN flew over the bar.
84TAYLOR beat four Walsall players and fired a shot over.
87SUTTON drove a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
89A penalty box meleé resulted in TAYLOR knocking the ball over.