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0¹ PAULINHO stepped inside BALEBA but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 3¹ The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful effort. 6¹ ARNAU TENAS stopped a clever shot from SARABIA. 18¹ GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled HOFMANN to waltz through the Newcastle United defence and score. (1-0 Walsall) 21¹ PAULINHO blasted a right foot shot inches over from long range. 21¹ PAULINHO floated the ball to CRISTANTE who touched it wide. 22¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from WILSON who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball into the net. (1-1) 30¹ GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled TOMIYASU to fire the ball home. (2-1 Walsall) 33¹ WILSON worked the ball to WIJNALDUM, MARTIAL collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of PASVEER. 33¹ MARTIAL ran onto a great ball from WILSON but fumbled his effort wide. 41¹ CRISTANTE beat WILSON and placed the ball to SARABIA who hit his effort wide. 42¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing PASVEER. 6² A corner bobbled toward SCHICK who fired an effort just beyond the far post. 7² A weak shot from HOFMANN bounced agonisingly wide. 9² GOAL!! ANSU FATI tried to play the ball out of the Newcastle United penalty area but was tackled by CRISTANTE who fired the ball to SARABIA for a simple goal. (3-1 Walsall) 13² PLÉA beat three Newcastle United players and drove a great chance just beyond the near post. 14² RENSCH booked for a poor tackle. 18² SCHICK charged through the Walsall defence but shot straight at PASVEER. 21² GOAL!! With his back to goal ANSU FATI turned and rattled the ball past PASVEER. (3-2 Walsall) 22² GOAL!! A foul on CASEMIRO inside the area gave Walsall a penalty which PAULINHO scored. (4-2 Walsall) 25² The stunned Newcastle United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WAN-BISSAKA dropped just wide. 31² A penalty box meleé resulted in PLÉA driving the ball over. 36² MARTIAL headed over. 37² EDWARDS booked by THORPE.

Walsall   League position: 18 Home league form: LLLW Overall league form: LLLWLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Remko PASVEER 6  1 6  ARNAU TENAS Ureña Takehiro TOMIYASU 7½ 2 7  Aaron WAN-BISSAKA Loubadhe SYLLA 6½ 3 6½ RENAN Augusto LODI Bryan CRISTANTE 8  4 6½ Georginio WIJNALDUM(c) (c)Francesco ACERBI 7  5 6½ Devyne RENSCH Perr SCHUURS 6  6 6  Carlos BALEBA Jonas HOFMANN 7½ 7 7  Marcus EDWARDS Pablo SARABIA 6½ 8 7  ANSU FATI (p)PAULINHO 7  9 7  Patrik SCHICK(p) (f)Carlos CASEMIRO 6½ 10 6½ Callum WILSON(f) Alassane PLÉA 6  11 7½ Anthony MARTIAL Manager Emil FORSBERG    12    Williot SWEDBERG RAFINHA    13    Andrea CONSIGLI Jack CLARKE    14    Khalil FAYAD Carl JOHNSTON    15 6  TOMÁS do Lago ESTEVES JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN    16    KAYKY da Silva

Newcastle United   League position: 14 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: LLLWLWWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Walsall 4 Newcastle United 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 10,896, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Mike Thorpe 6) Hofmann 18¹, Tomiyasu 30¹, Sarabia 9², Paulinho 22² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Wilson 22¹, Ansu Fati 21²   WilsonóTomás Esteves 21²       Rensch 14², Edwards 37² 3 2 8 15 1 2 6 6 7 3 13 9 2 4 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Bryan Cristante ¶