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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 8 (setup 6, season 21)
Walsall
v.
Bolton Wanderers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Aynsley PEARS17Remi MATTHEWS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Darryl WESTLAKE727Richie LARYEA
Omar RICHARDS637Niko HÄMÄLÄINEN
João Rafael Brito TEIXEIRA84Ollie COOPER
Jon GUTHRIE75Rob ATKINSON
Oliver LANCASHIRE66Ki-Jana HOEVER
Jérémie BELA7Will BUCKLEY
Danel SINANI78Oladapo AFOLAYAN
Caleb EKUBAN797Keshi ANDERSON
Shane FERGUSON610Kyle DEMPSEY
Nuno DA COSTA Joia11Dion CHARLES
Manager
Josh GINNELLY12Amadou BAKAYOKO
Liam ROBERTS13Alfie WHITEMAN
Julien DACOSTA614Ricardo Almeida SANTOS
Ben GORDON15Jason LOWE
Anthony O'CONNOR16George JOHNSTON

Walsall 2 Bolton Wanderers 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 11,077, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Keith STROUD 6½)
22 Ekuban, 53 SinaniScorers
73 Richards <=> DacostaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners3
14Fouls6
1Offsides2
6Shots on2
14Shots off2
20Total shots4
2Shots saved2
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: João Rafael Brito TEIXEIRA
1A corner found EKUBAN who fired an effort over.
4A free-kick from SINANI flew inches over.
6TEIXEIRA beat AFOLAYAN and drilled the ball to BELA who blasted his shot wide.
9EKUBAN waltzed round ATKINSON and stroked a tame shot over the bar.
11BELA shot over.
17A shot from BELA was smothered by the Bolton Wanderers 'keeper.
20A looping shot from DA COSTA was stopped by the 'keeper.
22GOAL!! HOEVER tried to play the ball out of the Bolton Wanderers penalty area but was tackled by DA COSTA who touched the ball to EKUBAN for a simple tap in. (1-0 Walsall)
26ANDERSON rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
32A twenty yard shot from WESTLAKE caused MATTHEWS no problem.
39The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HOEVER fell just over.
41FERGUSON fluffed an easy chance.
44COOPER placed a left foot shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
 
46ANDERSON beat BELA but slammed the ball into the arms of the Walsall 'keeper.
48SINANI's shot beat the Bolton Wanderers 'keeper but rebounded off the Bolton Wanderers woodwork.
53GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by BELA for SINANI to score. (2-0 Walsall)
56SINANI made space on the right and dragged the ball to DA COSTA who rasped the ball wide.
57SINANI headed just beyond the far post.
68BELA played the ball to RICHARDS who forced it just beyond the near post.
74Uncertainty in the Bolton Wanderers defence enabled SINANI to fire an effort wide.
79A accurate pass was collected by EKUBAN and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
86BELA stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
88AFOLAYAN was put clear by COOPER and he raced past the Walsall 'keeper but thrust his shot inches over.
90+2SINANI ran onto a wonderful ball from TEIXEIRA but fired his shot wide of the goal.