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Commentary
WIJNDAL rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Walsall 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
A neatly crafted pass from SARABIA was shot goalbound by PLÉA only for the Bradford City 'keeper to claw away.
BOUNOU managed to palm clear an amazing effort.
HOFMANN beat ZAKARIA and blasted the ball to CRISTANTE who pulled his shot wide.
11¹A free-kick from GABRIEL flew inches wide.
12¹A penalty box scramble resulted in EBIOWEI tapping a low shot wide.
13¹SARMIENTO galloped through the Walsall defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
20¹ADÁN booked.
24¹SARABIA hit a deadly shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
27¹A drive from SARABIA seemed a certain goal but the Bradford City 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
29¹GOAL!! With his back to goal MERTENS turned and stabbed the ball past the Walsall 'keeper. (1-0 Bradford City)
35¹GOAL!! Walsall's SARABIA beat two defenders before firing just inside BOUNOU's lefthand post. (1-1)
37¹GOAL!! Some neat work by FORSBERG on the right, left PAULINHO yards clear, and he stepped inside BOUNOU and stroked the ball home. (2-1 Walsall)
A useful ball from SARMIENTO on the right fell to HARALDSSON who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
PLÉA worked the ball to CASEMIRO, SARABIA controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
13²A corner fell to SARABIA who touched an effort just beyond the near post.
21²PLÉA booked for a bad challenge on ANGELIÑO.
23²ALEX SANDRO booked for a bad tackle.
26²The ref books MERTENS for an off-the-ball incident against ACERBI.
27²GABRIEL dribbled round SARABIA and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
28²PAULINHO headed inches wide.
36²A delightful save prevented CASEMIRO from scoring a good goal.

 
Walsall
 
League position: 8
Home league form: WOWW
Overall league form: WLOXWLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Antonio ADÁN1Yassine BOUNOU
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Alessandro FLORENZI
Emil FORSBERG3ANGELIÑO
Bryan CRISTANTE4Denis ZAKARIA
(c)Francesco ACERBI5Owen WIJNDAL
Perr SCHUURS6ALEX SANDRO Lobo
Jonas HOFMANN7Hákon HARALDSSON
Pablo SARABIA8Malcolm EBIOWEI
(p)PAULINHO9Jeremy SARMIENTO(p)
(f)Carlos CASEMIRO10Dries MERTENS(c,f)
Alassane PLÉA11GABRIEL Barbosa
Manager
GIOVANI Henrique  12  Linus GECHTER
Remko PASVEER  13  Senne LAMMENS
RAFINHA  14  Emiliano BUENDIA
Jack CLARKE  15  Junior MWANGA
Loubadhe SYLLA  16  Tom McINTYRE
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 14
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LXLWLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 2 Bradford City 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 10,852, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Mick Russell 6)

Sarabia 35¹, Paulinho 37¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mertens 29¹
  
  
Adán 20¹, Pléa 21²Alex Sandro 23², Mertens 26²
13
135
01
87
64
1411
55
55%45%
Man of the match: Emil Forsberg