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2¹ GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was headed in at the far post by CASEMIRO. (1-0 Walsall) 3¹ GOAL!! A cross from TAYLOR was flicked away by HOFMANN only for DOUVIKAS to tap the ball back into the box for MOORE to force into the net. (1-1) 4¹ SMALLING beat three Cardiff City players and blasted a golden opportunity over the bar. 9¹ A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled PAULINHO to crack the ball over the bar. 17¹ MOORE's shot was well held by ADÁN. 19¹ PAULINHO turned BROADHEAD but shot the ball into the arms of ARÉOLA. 22¹ FORSBERG whacked a left foot shot wide from long range. 24¹ HOFMANN shot over. 36¹ GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled FORSBERG to dribble through the Cardiff City defence and score. (2-1 Walsall) 38¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in PAULINHO cracking the ball over. 43¹ An exceptional effort from TAYLOR scraped the outside of the post. 46¹ ARÉOLA dived to his right to block a lovely shot from Walsall's FORSBERG. 0² A bad tackle on WILSON by CASEMIRO results in a booking. 13² FORSBERG's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cardiff City woodwork. 14² GOAL!! PAULINHO rifled a penalty past the Cardiff City 'keeper after TAYLOR had handled just inside the area. (3-1 Walsall) 21² HOFMANN waltzed round NG and rattled a weak shot over. 25² GOAL!! A Cardiff City counter-attack allowed DOUVIKAS to setup WILSON with an easy goal. (3-2 Walsall) 27² DOUVIKAS booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. 38² CRISTANTE knocked the ball to PAULINHO who flicked it wide. 40² TAYLOR rattled a simple chance past the righthand post. 42² A pin-point pass bobbled toward PLÉA and his right foot shot floated narrowly over. 45² A free-kick from HWANG raced wide.

Walsall   League position: 6 Home league form: WWWO Overall league form: WXLWWLOX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Antonio ADÁN 6½ 1 7  Alphonse ARÉOLA(c) Takehiro TOMIYASU 7  2 7½ Leandro BACUNA Chris SMALLING 6½ 3 6½ Charlie TAYLOR Bryan CRISTANTE 7  4 7  Lewis O'BRIEN (c)Francesco ACERBI 7  5 7  Perry NG Loubadhe SYLLA 6  6 6½ Tomás KALAS Jonas HOFMANN 7  7 7½ Harry WILSON Emil FORSBERG 7½ 8 7  HWANG Hee-chan (p)PAULINHO 6½ 9 6½ Kieffer MOORE(p) (f)Carlos CASEMIRO 6½ 10 5½ Nathan BROADHEAD(f) Alassane PLÉA 6½ 11 6½ Anastasios DOUVIKAS Manager RAFINHA    12    Isaak DAVIES Remko PASVEER    13    Dan BENTLEY Pablo SARABIA    14    Harry TOFFOLO Jack CLARKE    15    Will VAULKS JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN    16 6  Ollie DENHAM

Cardiff City   League position: 13 Away league form: LXLW Overall league form: XLXLWLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Walsall 3 Cardiff City 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 10,786, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Graham Horwood 7½) Casemiro 2¹, Forsberg 36¹, Paulinho 14² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Moore 3¹, Wilson 25²   DouvikasóDenham 32²     Casemiro 0²   4 6 14 14 0 1 6 3 10 7 16 10 3 1 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Emil Forsberg ¶