English League One

Fleetwood Town vs Walsall, 2017-18 English League One, Regular Season

· English League One
Fleetwood Town
  • 31': Ashley Hunter
  • 45': Patrick Madden
FT
2 - 0
Walsall

    John Sheridan ends with win as Fleetwood cruise past Walsall

    John Sheridan ends with win as Fleetwood cruise past Walsall

    Match Commentary

    • 25': Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Goal! Fleetwood Town 1, Walsall 0. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewie Coyle.
    • 45': Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 0. Paddy Madden (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
    • 45': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Conor McAleny replaces Bobby Grant because of an injury.
    • 57': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Paddy Madden.
    • 65': Substitution, Walsall. Erhun Oztumer replaces Florent Cuvelier.
    • 65': Substitution, Walsall. Mitchell Candlin replaces Amadou Bakayoko.
    • 65': Substitution, Walsall. Will Shorrock replaces Luke Leahy.
    • 70': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Nathan Pond replaces Gethin Jones.
    • 76': Kory Roberts (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Game Information

    Competition: English League One

    Venue: Highbury Stadium
    Location: Fleetwood, England
    Attendance: 3,644

    EFL League One Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Cardiff City 6 +10 16
    2 Doncaster Rovers 7 +4 16
    3 Huddersfield Town 7 +6 15
    4 Stevenage 6 +5 15
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    FLE Fleetwood Town (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    21 Alex Cairns (GK)
    12 Cian Bolger
    5 Ashley Eastham
    19 Gethin Jones
    2 Lewie Coyle
    16 Toumani Diagouraga
    27 Harrison Biggins
    8 Kyle Dempsey
    17 Patrick Madden
    22 Ashley Hunter
    11 Robert Grant
    Fleetwood Town Substitutes:
    William Crellin, Conor McAleny, George Glendon, Nathan Pond, Jordi Hiwula, Jack Sowerby, Joao Neto Morelli.

    WAL Walsall (4-5-1)

    No. Name
    1 Mark Gillespie (GK)
    5 Jon Guthrie
    23 Jack Fitzwater
    28 Callum Cockerill-Mollett
    24 Kory Roberts Yellow Card
    8 Florent Cuvelier
    17 Reece Flanagan
    4 George Dobson
    3 Luke Leahy
    25 Maziar Kouhyar
    20 Amadou Bakayoko Yellow Card
    Walsall Substitutes:
    Liam Kinsella, Nicky Devlin, Mitchell Candlin, Liam Roberts, Kieron Morris, Will Shorrock, Erhun Oztumer.

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