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Commentary
NUSA clipped the ball through a ruck of players but PASVEER was a match for it as he dived to his left.
The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from PAULINHO.
11¹The hapless Walsall 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from SCHUURS fell just wide.
11¹FORSBERG rifled a simple chance past the righthand post.
15¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Walsall 'keeper.
20¹FORSBERG worked the ball to SARABIA, PAULINHO controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of HENDERSON.
37¹The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
40¹KOVACIC shot over.
42¹SOLANKE scuffed an easy chance.
43¹HENDERSON dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Walsall's PAULINHO.
SOLANKE was put clear by TILLMAN and he pulled away from the 'keeper but drilled his shot over.
GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill KOVACIC dribbled past FORSBERG and drove the ball past the Walsall 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
A great effort from NUSA scraped the top of the crossbar.
10²SARABIA galloped through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
12²A pin-point pass fell to HOFMANN and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
14²A penalty box meleé resulted in SOLANKE driving a low shot wide.
17²MINTEH beat TOMIYASU and drove the ball to SOLANKE who hit his shot wide.
23²A free-kick from SARABIA raced wide.
25²TOTI cautioned by the referee.
33²A weak strike from CHAMBERS bounced agonisingly wide.
39²KONATÉ beat two Walsall players and blasted a shot over the bar.
43²PABLO TORRE kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.

 
Walsall
 
League position: 12
Home league form: WWWX
Overall league form: WWWWXXLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Remko PASVEER1Dean HENDERSON
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Kenny TETE
Luke CHAMBERS3Vitaliy MYKOLENKO
Bryan CRISTANTE4Kouadio KONÉ
Chris SMALLING5Youri BAAS
Perr SCHUURS6TOTI
Jonas HOFMANN7Yankuba MINTEH
Pablo SARABIA8Mateo KOVACIC(c)
(p)PAULINHO9Dominic SOLANKE
(f)Emil FORSBERG10Malik TILLMAN(f)
Alassane PLÉA11Antonio NUSA(p)
ManagerLuke MURRAY
Loubadhe SYLLA  12  MATHEUS MARTINS Silva
Jack CLARKE13  Maarten VANDEVOORDT
JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN  14  Ismael SAIBARI
GIOVANI Henrique  15PABLO TORRE Carral
Oluwaseun ADEWUMI  16Karim KONATÉ
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WXLO
Overall league form: LWWXWLOW
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Statistics
Walsall 0 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 10,894, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andy Penn 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kovacic 5²
CristanteóClarke 4²TillmanóPablo Torre 25², SolankeóKonaté 25²
  
 Toti 25²
44
911
25
53
716
1219
51
46%54%
Man of the match: Kouadio Koné