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Commentary
A poor strike from PAULINHO rolled agonisingly wide.
YILDIZ brought the ball away from CASEMIRO and rattled a poor shot into the crowd.
CUADRADO beat SMALLING and drove the ball to O'SHEA who fumbled his shot wide.
A brilliant strike from SARABIA was dealt with by a fine parry from AKINFEEV.
The stunned PASVEER was all agog as a backpass from SYLLA dropped just over.
15¹TOMIYASU beat two WBA players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
15¹A great effort from CASEMIRO scraped the upright.
21¹TOMIYASU whacked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from close range.
21¹GOAL!! SARABIA hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the stunned WBA 'keeper. (1-0 Walsall)
26¹CRISTANTE played the ball to CASEMIRO who headed it over the bar.
27¹A strike from CASEMIRO held little difficulty for the WBA 'keeper.
29¹SARABIA was put clear by PAULINHO and he stepped inside the WBA 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
35¹A lovely pass from YILDIZ was tapped goalbound by MURIEL only for the 'keeper to block.
36¹GOAL!! WBA's KOSTIC beat a number of defenders before firing just inside the Walsall 'keeper's far post. (1-1)
38¹A corner found PAULINHO who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
OSULA made space on the left and touched the ball to MURIEL who touched the ball over.
GOAL!! A deep cross by GODFREY was met by KOSTIC who rushed in to score. (2-1 WBA)
13²AKINFEEV did well to hold onto a powerful shot from TOMIYASU.
13²TOMIYASU headed over.
15²HOFMANN cautioned by MILLER for a high foul.
18²OSULA hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
19²CUADRADO shot over.
27²A pin-point pass bobbled toward O'SHEA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
40²A drive from SYLLA seemed a certain goal but the WBA 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
43²SARABIA ran onto a wonderful ball from HOFMANN but hit his shot wide.

 
WBA
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LWXW
Overall league form: WLWXLXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Igor AKINFEEV1Remko PASVEER
Craig DAWSON2Takehiro TOMIYASU
Raphaël GUERREIRO3Chris SMALLING
Kenan YILDIZ4Bryan CRISTANTE
Dara O'SHEA5Francesco ACERBI(c)
Ben GODFREY6Loubadhe SYLLA
Juan CUADRADO7Jonas HOFMANN
Filip KOSTIC8Pablo SARABIA
(p)William OSULA9PAULINHO(p)
(f)Marcos ACUÑA10Carlos CASEMIRO(f)
Luis MURIEL11Alassane PLÉA
Manager
Daniel WASS  12  Emil FORSBERG
Sam JOHNSTONE  13  Perr SCHUURS
JAVI GUERRA  14  JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza  15  RAFINHA
OKAY Yokuslu  16  Jack CLARKE
 
Walsall
 
League position: 7
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LWWXLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
WBA 2 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 26,703, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Patrick Miller 7½)

Kostic 36¹, Kostic 8²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sarabia 21¹
  
  
 Hofmann 15²
14
214
84
35
79
1014
14
43%57%
Man of the match: Francesco Acerbi