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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 2 (setup 6, season 21)
Walsall
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Aynsley PEARS17JOEL Dinis Castro PEREIRA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Darryl WESTLAKE26George ABBOTT
Omar RICHARDS37Pascal STRUIJK
Joăo Rafael Brito TEIXEIRA847Sam FINLEY
Jon GUTHRIE5Lewis GIBSON
Oliver LANCASHIRE666Josh GRANT
Jérémie BELA76Aaron COLLINS
Danel SINANI8Regan CHARLES-COOK
Caleb EKUBAN97Antony EVANS
Shane FERGUSON7106Harry ANDERSON
Nuno DA COSTA Joia116John MARQUIS
Manager
Josh GINNELLY12Jordan ROSSITER
Liam ROBERTS13James BELSHAW
Julien DACOSTA614Adedeji OSHILAJA
Ben GORDON15Calum MacDONALD
Anthony O'CONNOR16Scott SINCLAIR

Walsall 5 Bristol Rovers 0
(Half-time: 4-0, Attendance: 11,156, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 6½)
1 Ekuban, 6 Da Costa, 10 Sinani, 18 Sinani, 60 RichardsScorers
73 Richards <=> DacostaSubstitutions70 Finley <=> Sinclair
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners1
9Fouls9
2Offsides3
8Shots on7
14Shots off4
22Total shots11
3Shots saved6
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Danel SINANI
1GOAL!! A nice run by FERGUSON on the right was capped by a delightful cross which EKUBAN nodded in at the far post. (1-0 Walsall)
6GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of DA COSTA who lashed the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (2-0 Walsall)
7TEIXEIRA flicked an easy chance past the near post.
10GOAL!! An energetic DA COSTA ran down the left wing and touched the ball back for SINANI to tuck home. (3-0 Walsall)
12A cross from CHARLES-COOK left EVANS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
13A penalty box meleé resulted in TEIXEIRA driving the ball over.
18GOAL!! A block from JOEL PEREIRA enabled SINANI to head the ball into the empty net. (4-0 Walsall)
20MARQUIS dribbled round TEIXEIRA and stroked a poor shot over.
25WESTLAKE booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
31A shot from CHARLES-COOK held little difficulty for PEARS.
42The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from WESTLAKE.
 
50A right foot effort from CHARLES-COOK was tipped over by the Walsall 'keeper.
54The Bristol Rovers 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Walsall's SINANI.
54GRANT shot wide.
55GUTHRIE headed wide.
60GOAL!! After a useful build-up RICHARDS drove a low shot past JOEL PEREIRA. (5-0 Walsall)
73The bemused Bristol Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ANDERSON fell just wide.
74ANDERSON beat TEIXEIRA and whacked the ball to EVANS who blasted his shot wide.
79TEIXEIRA beat a number of Bristol Rovers players and drove a shot wide.
85DA COSTA ran onto a wonderful ball from TEIXEIRA but toe-poked his shot wide.
88A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
89A wonderful save prevented STRUIJK from scoring a great goal.