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Commentary

1¹ FERRIER worked the ball to DOBSON, EKUBAN gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Burton Albion 'keeper. 4¹ MAGUIRE snapped at an easy chance. 5¹ A shot from WESTLAKE seemed a certain goal but the Burton Albion 'keeper managed to force the ball clear. 10¹ The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from RICHARDS. 11¹ RICHARDS shot wide. 16¹ A neatly crafted cross from MOUNIÉ was knocked goalbound by SHORETIRE only for the Walsall 'keeper to palm clear. 21¹ A poor strike from DOBSON bounced agonisingly wide. 22¹ GOAL!! After SINANI was bundled over the referee waved play-on and MAGUIRE went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Walsall) 27¹ JOÃO FERREIRA ran onto a great ball from BLAKE but dragged his effort wide of the lefthand post. 27¹ EKUBAN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 29¹ GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from LONGSTAFF struck the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by SAKAMOTO. (1-1) 31¹ GLADON beat four Walsall players and drove a shot inches wide. 33¹ An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by EKUBAN. 33¹ SHORETIRE made space on the right and pulled the ball to MOUNIÉ who clipped the ball over. 34¹ MOUNIÉ headed over. 35¹ The bemused Walsall 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BELA dropped just wide. 43¹ A free-kick from SINANI flew just beyond the near post. 4² GOAL!! After some fine play on the left TOTI came inside and blasted the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Burton Albion) 7² A fine ball from LONGSTAFF on the left bobbled toward SHORETIRE who mishit his shot just wide. 17² GOAL!! An imaginative BLAKE played a delightful ball down the left to SAKAMOTO who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-1 Burton Albion) 24² A great effort from LEAHY scraped the top of the crossbar. 27² MOUNIÉ chipped the ball to SAKAMOTO who turned it inches wide. 31² EKUBAN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Burton Albion woodwork. 32² A cross from BLAKE left BOGLE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 43² SINANI dribbled away from TOTI and stabbed a tame shot wide.

Walsall   League position: 15 Home league form: WWWL Overall league form: WWLWWXLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Aynsley PEARS 5½ 1 6½ Benjamin LECOMTE(c) Darryl WESTLAKE 6½ 2 7  Jayden BOGLE Omar RICHARDS 7½ 3 7  TOTI George DOBSON 7½ 4 7  Sean LONGSTAFF Donervon DANIELS 7  5 5½ JOÃO Diogo FERREIRA João TEIXEIRA 6  6 6  Jake CLARKE-SALTER Jérémie BELA 6  7 7  Shola SHORETIRE Danel SINANI 7  8 7  Tatsuhiro SAKAMOTO (c,p)Caleb EKUBAN 7  9 7  Steve MOUNIÉ(p) (f)Morgan FERRIER 6½ 10 6  Adrian BLAKE(f) Seán MAGUIRE 5½ 11 6  Paul GLADON Manager Anthony O'CONNOR    12    Cristián CUEVAS Nicolas SCHMID    13    Jamie CUMMING Josh GINNELLY    14    Alex MATOS Luke LEAHY 6  15    Conor SHAUGHNESSY Shane FERGUSON    16    Niall ENNIS

Burton Albion   League position: 10 Away league form: LXWW Overall league form: XLXXWWWX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Walsall 1 Burton Albion 3 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 11,178, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Anthony Taylor 6) Maguire 22¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Sakamoto 29¹, Toti 4², Sakamoto 17² FerrieróLeahy 23²           1 1 14 5 0 1 7 4 6 8 13 12 6 1 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Omar Richards ¶