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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 24 (setup 4, season 27)
Watford
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben HINCHLIFFE1Donovan RICKETTS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathaniel CLYNE72Richard KEOGH
Elsad ZVEROTIC3Steven SMITH
Tom CLEVERLEY4Romaine SAWYERS
Younes KABOUL5Damien DELANEY
Mike WILLIAMSON66Tommy SMITH
Will HUGHES77Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Scott SINCLAIR88Daniel JOHNSON
Troy DEENEY97David N'GOG
João Alves de Assis Silva, JÔ106Francisco Jiménez Tejada, XISCO
Andre GRAY711Stuart NICHOLSON
Manager
Marco STIEPERMANN12Sergio PETER
Tim SANDERCOMBE13Andreas VAIKLA
Tommy SMITH14Abdoulaye MÉITÉ
Lloyd DOYLEY15James WESOLOWSKI
André Stéphane BIKEY AMOUGOU16Marvin WILLIAMS

Watford 3 Walsall 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 20,651, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Steve BRATT 7, TV: highlights)
44 Sinclair, 51 Sinclair, 75 DeeneyScorers19 N'Gog, 45 N'Gog
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings45+3 N'Gog, 58 Xisco
1Corners1
8Fouls7
1Offsides2
8Shots on3
12Shots off1
20Total shots4
4Shots saved1
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Scott SINCLAIR
5The Walsall 'keeper saved a curling effort from GRAY.
9A wonderful save prevented NICHOLSON from scoring an exceptional goal.
11A cross from SINCLAIR left KABOUL in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
13A penalty box meleé resulted in DEENEY cracking a low shot over.
19GOAL!! An inswinging corner was nodded clear only for N'GOG to hit the ball into the net. (1-0 Walsall)
21A useful ball from WILLIAMSON on the right bobbled toward GRAY who mishit his shot inches wide.
26A shot from DEENEY held little difficulty for RICKETTS.
27 headed inches wide.
33A corner found SINCLAIR who fired the ball over.
35The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Watford's GRAY.
38SINCLAIR brought the ball round DELANEY and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
44GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to who mishit a shot goalward, luckily SINCLAIR was on hand to hammer the ball into the top corner. (1-1)
45GOAL!! A delightful dummy from XISCO allowed SMITH to lay a low ball off to N'GOG who thrust the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Walsall)
45+1SINCLAIR flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area.
45+3N'GOG booked by BRATT for a late tackle.
 
49GRAY beat KEOGH and blasted the ball to SINCLAIR who dragged his effort wide.
51SMITH ran onto a wonderful ball from XISCO but blasted his effort wide.
51GOAL!! The Walsall 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from DELANEY and SINCLAIR managed to poke the ball into the back of the net. (2-2)
58XISCO booked for violent conduct.
63Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled HUGHES to hit the ball over.
65SINCLAIR knocked the ball to ZVEROTIC who headed it over.
70A neatly crafted cross from HUGHES, was lashed goalbound by SINCLAIR only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
74The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SAWYERS fell just wide.
75GOAL!! A sliced WILLIAMSON shot was collected by DEENEY who made no mistake from just inside the area. (3-2 Watford)
87A left foot shot from SINCLAIR was pushed over by RICKETTS.
88HUGHES rattled an easy chance past the far post.