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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 9 (setup 6, season 21)
Walsall
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Aynsley PEARS1Anthony PATTERSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Darryl WESTLAKE62Jordan BEYER
Omar RICHARDS37Dennis CIRKIN
João Rafael Brito TEIXEIRA4Yuta NAKAYAMA
Jon GUTHRIE657Nathaniel PHILLIPS
Oliver LANCASHIRE66Jérémy PIED
Jérémie BELA877Lynden GOOCH
Danel SINANI68Mika BIERETH
Caleb EKUBAN797Ibrahim 'Didier' N'DONG
Shane FERGUSON6106Elliot EMBLETON
Nuno DA COSTA Joia117Patrick ROBERTS
Manager
Josh GINNELLY12Abdoullah BA
Liam ROBERTS13Mads HERMANSEN
Julien DACOSTA614Reece JAMES
Ben GORDON15Tom WATSON
Anthony O'CONNOR16Max POWER

Walsall 1 Sunderland 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 11,014, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Kevin FRIEND 6½)
38 SinaniScorers79 Power, 81 N'Dong, 90 Cirkin
73 Richards <=> DacostaSubstitutions51 Biereth <=> Power
Sendings off
Bookings3 Biereth, 83 Embleton
1Corners1
11Fouls12
0Offsides1
7Shots on6
9Shots off5
16Total shots11
6Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Jérémie BELA
1A accurate pass found EKUBAN and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
3BIERETH given a yellow card by FRIEND for a poor challenge.
7GOOCH made space on the left and pulled the ball to PHILLIPS who fired the ball wide.
10The Sunderland 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from BELA.
11Uncertainty in the Sunderland defence enabled EKUBAN to thump an effort over the bar.
32DA COSTA's shot was well saved by the Sunderland 'keeper.
36A looping shot from BIERETH was forced wide by PEARS.
38GOAL!! A deep corner left the Sunderland 'keeper struggling and SINANI stabbed the ball into the net. (1-0 Walsall)
43A header from SINANI was booted off the line by CIRKIN.
 
50EKUBAN ran onto a delightful ball from BELA but blasted his shot wide.
59PIED was put clear by N'DONG and he stepped inside PEARS but thrust his shot inches over.
61A cross from BELA left SINANI in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
70A shot from EKUBAN was smothered by the 'keeper.
71The Walsall 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from GOOCH.
72EMBLETON flicked a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area.
75A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
79GOAL!! After a fine build-up POWER drove a low shot past the Walsall 'keeper. (1-1)
81GOAL!! The creative ROBERTS neatly touched on a cross for N'DONG to hit the ball in. (2-1 Sunderland)
83EMBLETON cautioned for a clumsy foul on WESTLAKE.
86SINANI fluffed a simple chance.
89NAKAYAMA beat LANCASHIRE and whacked the ball to CIRKIN who hit his shot wide.
90GOAL!! After GOOCH was pulled to the ground the referee waved play-on and CIRKIN went on to comfortably score. (3-1 Sunderland)