In off the Post   home | contact | links | FAQ  ONLINE GAMES 
Games clubs | codes | info | results | rulebook | join
User: Password:
Features forum | search | HTO

next | previous | Walsall | Oxford United | index | setup 4

Commentary
A drive from GARDNER seemed a certain goal but RUI PATRÍCIO managed to palm the ball clear.
A cross from ARSHAVIN left GOVOU in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
A free-kick from JAGIELKA raced inches wide.
10¹RUI PATRÍCIO did well to hold onto an amazing shot from PETROV.
15¹GOAL!! An imaginative MERTESACKER played a wonderful ball down the left to ARSHAVIN who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Oxford United)
19¹IAQUINTA made space on the right and knocked the ball to ARSHAVIN who rasped the ball over.
29¹GOVOU knocked the ball to IAQUINTA who forced it wide.
30¹A thirty yard drive from MERTESACKER caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
31¹BABEL booked for a clumsy foul.
35¹PEDERSEN was put clear by JIRÁNEK and he nutmegged RUI PATRÍCIO but thrust his shot wide.
36¹PEDERSEN ran onto a great ball from GARDNER but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
36¹The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DIARRA fell just wide.
40¹GOAL!! KILBANE tried to play the ball out of the Walsall penalty area but was tackled by IAQUINTA who touched the ball to BABEL for a simple goal. (2-0 Oxford United)
A bad foul on ARSHAVIN by GARDNER results in a booking.
A pin-point pass found IAQUINTA and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
13²A penalty box scramble resulted in PEDERSEN cracking the ball over.
13²A lovely effort from IAQUINTA scraped the woodwork.
15²GOAL!! On the left wing JAGIELKA collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for ARSHAVIN to tuck it into the back of the net. (3-0 Oxford United)
17²ARSHAVIN drilled a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
22²A mix up in the Walsall defence enabled ARSHAVIN to volley an effort wide.
24²IAQUINTA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
25²KILBANE brought the ball away from MALOUDA and rattled a tame shot well wide.
29²ARSHAVIN headed over.
30²TOULALAN scuffed a simple chance.
41²PEDERSEN hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
42²GOAL!! Unlucky DAVIES hit the woodwork before PEDERSEN flicked the ball into the net as JAGIELKA failed to clear. (3-1 Oxford United)

 
Walsall
 
League position: 22
Home league form: LWLX
Overall league form: XLLXWWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Scott FLINDERS1RUI Pedro PATRÍCIO
Martin JIRÁNEK2Lassana DIARRA
Kevin KILBANE3Daniel AGGER
Lee CATTERMOLE4Jérémy TOULALAN
Philippe SENDEROS5Phil JAGIELKA
Abdoulaye MÉITÉ6Per MERTESACKER
(c)Kevin DAVIES7Sidney GOVOU
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN8Andrei ARSHAVIN
(p)Billy CLARKE9Vincenzo IAQUINTA(c,p)
(f)Craig GARDNER10Florent MALOUDA(f)
Martin PETROV11Ryan BABEL
Manager
Sergio PETER  12  Vedran CORLUKA
Luke DANIELS  13  Terry DIXON
Paul KONCHESKY  14  Marouane FELLAINI
Steven SMITH  15Philippe CLEMENT
James HARPER  16  Urby EMANUELSON
 
Oxford United
 
League position: 8
Away league form: WLXX
Overall league form: WWWLXWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 1 Oxford United 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 26,984, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Rob Shoebridge 7½)

Pedersen 42²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Arshavin 15¹, Babel 40¹, Arshavin 15²
 MaloudaóClement 30²
  
Gardner 6²Babel 31¹
31
228
37
35
610
915
22
43%57%
Man of the match: Jérémy Toulalan