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Commentary

0¹ A left foot shot from PAULINHO was clawed past the post by SIMÓN. 3¹ The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MOLINA fell just wide. 6¹ A tame strike from HOFMANN bounced agonisingly wide. 9¹ KROOS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Walsall woodwork. 12¹ BALDE turned FOFANA but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 14¹ CRISTANTE beat KROOS and placed the ball to PAULINHO who fumbled his shot wide. 16¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal MARTÍNEZ turned and rattled the ball past PASVEER. (1-0 Leicester City) 18¹ MARTÍNEZ clipped the ball through a crowd of players but PASVEER was a match for it as he dived to his right. 19¹ GOAL!! A nice run by LOCATELLI on the right was capped by a great cross which BALDE headed home from inside the penalty box. (2-0 Leicester City) 21¹ GOAL!! Walsall's PAULINHO beat a number of defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's near post. (2-1 Leicester City) 26¹ A strike from HOFMANN held little difficulty for the 'keeper. 27¹ GABRIEL JESUS flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post. 37¹ SANÉ shot wide. 38¹ MARTÍNEZ waltzed past ACERBI and stabbed a weak shot past the post. 39¹ PAULINHO headed inches over. 39¹ LOCATELLI was put clear by HUMMELS and he beat the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide. 3² GOAL!! Unlucky FORSBERG hit the post before ACERBI rattled the ball into the net as PAU TORRES failed to clear. (2-2) 12² The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce shot. 13² A pin-point pass bobbled toward SANÉ and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide. 20² A cross from HOFMANN left FORSBERG in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 26² A header by FOFANA at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper. 29² SIMÓN was able to palm clear a tame shot from FORSBERG. 33² GOAL!! PAULINHO stroked a penalty past the 'keeper after BALDE had handled just inside the area. (3-2 Walsall) 36² SANÉ blasted a right foot shot over from long range.

Walsall   League position: 18 Home league form: LLLW Overall league form: XLXLLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Remko PASVEER 6  1 6½ Unai SIMÓN Robin LE NORMAND 5½ 2 7½ Alejandro BALDE Perr SCHUURS 6½ 3 6  Nahuel MOLINA Bryan CRISTANTE 6  4 8½ PAU Francisco TORRES (c)Francesco ACERBI 7  5 6½ Mats HUMMELS Chris SMALLING 6½ 6 7  Manuel LOCATELLI Jonas HOFMANN 7  7 6½ Éric GARCÍA Emil FORSBERG 6  8 7  Toni KROOS(c) (p)PAULINHO 6½ 9 7½ GABRIEL Fernando JESUS(p) (f)Youssouf FOFANA 6  10 6  Leroy SANÉ(f) Alassane PLÉA 7  11 7  Lautaro MARTÍNEZ Manager Kevin Reynolds JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN    12    MIKEL Oyarzabal Pablo SARABIA    13    David RAYA RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho 6½ 14    GAVI RAFINHA    15    Serge GNABRY Jack CLARKE 6½ 16    Leonardo BONUCCI

Leicester City   League position: 4 Away league form: LLLX Overall league form: WLWWLWLW Formation: 3-4-3

Statistics

Walsall 3 Leicester City 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 10,842, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andre Marriner 8) Paulinho 21¹, Acerbi 3², Paulinho 33² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Martínez 16¹, Balde 19¹ Le NormandóClarke 5², SchuursóRodrigo Muniz 11²           3 2 9 16 0 12 7 6 5 6 12 12 3 4 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Pau Francisco Torres ¶