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Commentary
2¹EKUBAN rushed an easy chance.
2¹A corner fell to CAMPBELL who forced an effort over.
13¹A shot from SINANI held little difficulty for BUTLAND.
20¹SHAQIRI rifled a simple chance past the near post.
21¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming BUTLAND.
26¹GOAL!! A long ball from RICHARDS had the Stoke City defence back-pedalling and SINANI made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 Walsall)
30¹GOAL!! WESTLAKE drove an amazing shot against the woodwork with EKUBAN knocking in the rebound. (2-0 Walsall)
32¹An exceptional effort from POWELL scraped the outside of the righthand post.
41¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from SHAQIRI who beat four defenders before striking the ball in off the post. (2-1 Walsall)
43¹A header from EKUBAN was hoofed off the line by MARTINS-INDI.
45¹SHAQIRI kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
47¹The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BATTH fell just wide.
48¹A free-kick from DANIELS floated inches wide.
3²GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to BATTH who lashed the ball into the net. (2-2)
9²SINANI dribbled past ETEBO and flicked a poor shot into the crowd.
10²MAGUIRE made space on the right and knocked the ball to SINANI who fired the ball wide.
12²A clever cross from SPARROW was knocked goalbound by CAMPBELL only for PEARS to palm clear.
16²Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled CAMPBELL to fire the ball wide.
17²FERRIER floated the ball to BELA who forced it wide.
29²WESTLAKE beat three Stoke City players and thundered a shot wide.
37²MAGUIRE beat MARTINS-INDI and drilled the ball to EKUBAN who fumbled his shot wide.
41²A cross from FERRIER left MAGUIRE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.

 
Walsall
 
League position: 14
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: WLWWLWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Aynsley PEARS6½15½Jack BUTLAND(c)
Darryl WESTLAKE6½25½Max JOHNSTON
Omar RICHARDS8 36½Bruno MARTINS-INDI
George DOBSON6½47½Peter ETEBO
Donervon DANIELS7½56½Ben WILMOT
João TEIXEIRA7½66 Danny BATTH
Jérémie BELA7½76 Julien NGOY
Danel SINANI8 86½Xherdan SHAQIRI
(c,p)Caleb EKUBAN8 96½Tyrese CAMPBELL(p)
(f)Morgan FERRIER5½105½Tom SPARROW(f)
Seán MAGUIRE5½115 Nick POWELL
Manager
Anthony O'CONNOR  12  Connor TAYLOR
Nicolas SCHMID  13  Adam DAVIES
Josh GINNELLY  14  James McCLEAN
Luke LEAHY  15  Tom EDWARDS
Shane FERGUSON  16  Matt BAKER
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 5
Away league form: LWXW
Overall league form: WLWXXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 2 Stoke City 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 11,142, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Russell Booth 6)

Sinani 26¹, Ekuban 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Shaqiri 41¹, Batth 3²
  
  
  
32
99
03
54
137
1811
32
64%36%
Man of the match: Danel Sinani