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Commentary
BISHOP's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
A drive from CHONG seemed a certain goal but EVANS managed to palm the ball clear.
MEJBRI clipped the ball through a crowd of players but SELVIK was a match for it as he dived to his right.
16¹GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed BELLINGHAM to play the ball to WILLIAMS who fired a left foot shot home. (1-0 Birmingham City)
21¹A lovely effort from JAMES scraped the outside of the righthand post.
32¹The Walsall 'keeper parried a clever shot from HOGAN.
33¹A corner bobbled toward MEJBRI who flicked an effort wide.
35¹GOAL!! HUTCHINSON hit a curling thirty yard shot past the bemused SELVIK. (1-1)
37¹MEJBRI flicked a simple chance past the far post.
41¹A good ball from WILLIAMS on the left was collected by FRIEND who mishit his effort just beyond the far post.
45¹MEJBRI's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper.
47¹MEJBRI headed over the bar.
RANKIN-COSTELLO beat two Birmingham City players and fired a golden opportunity over the bar.
MEJBRI drilled a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
LANG worked the ball to BROADHEAD, BISHOP collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of SELVIK.
The stunned Walsall 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from KEY dropped just over.
A free-kick from HUTCHINSON went inches over.
18²A header by ESTUPIÑÁN at the far post was easily collected by the Walsall 'keeper.
23²GOAL!! A HOGAN run down the right resulted in a low cross for ESTUPIÑÁN to fire in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
35²A cross from RILEY left BROADHEAD in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
36²MEJBRI shot over.
38²GOAL!! Some neat work by WILLIAMS on the left, left JAMES yards clear, and he stepped inside the 'keeper and stroked the ball into the net. (3-1 Birmingham City)

 
Walsall
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLWXLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Owen EVANS1Egil SELVIK
Josh KEY2Maxime COLIN(c)
Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO3George FRIEND
Isaac HUTCHINSON4Jobe BELLINGHAM
Kelland WATTS5Nico GORDON
Emmanuel MONTHE6Marc ROBERTS
Joe RILEY7Josh WILLIAMS
Hannibal MEJBRI8Tahith CHONG
(c,p)Colby BISHOP9Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN(p)
(f)Callum LANG10Jordan JAMES(f)
Nathan BROADHEAD11Scott HOGAN
Manager
Joe WARD  12  Marcel OAKLEY
Glenn MORRIS  13  Milos VESIC
Nathanael OGBETA14  Isaac VASSELL
Louis JOHN  15  Jordan GRAHAM
Andy WILLIAMS  16  Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 10
Away league form: LWWL
Overall league form: WLWWXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 1 Birmingham City 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 10,356, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Dave Foster 5½)

Hutchinson 35¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Williams 16¹, Estupiñán 23², James 38²
HutchinsonóOgbeta 23² 
  
  
13
146
37
59
146
1915
46
53%47%
Man of the match: Joe Riley