English League One

FT Saturday, December 16, 2017
Walsall LWWLW 1
–
Northampton Town LLDLL 2
1st2ndT
WAL101
NHT202
Sixfields Stadium · 5,055 att.

Match Report

Chris Long brace helps end poor Northampton form with win over Walsall

Chris Long brace helps end poor Northampton form with win over Walsall

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
46
Possession
54
7
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

WAL leads series 3-2

Lineups

NHT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1David CornellG
  2. 16Aaron PierreCD-L
  3. 6Ash TaylorCD-R
  4. 3David BuchananLB
  5. 2Brendan MoloneyRB
  6. 37Lewis McGuganCM-L
  7. 21John-Joe O'TooleCM-R
  8. 8Sam FoleyLM
  9. 29Matt GrimesRM
  10. 19Chris LongF
  11. 22Matt CrooksRCF

WAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Mark GillespieG
  2. 5Jon GuthrieCD-L
  3. 14James WilsonCD-R
  4. 3Luke LeahyLB
  5. 15Liam KinsellaRB
  6. 10Erhun OztumerAM
  7. 8Florent CuvelierLM
  8. 7Adam ChambersRM
  9. 20Amadou BakayokoF
  10. 11Kieron MorrisAM-L
  11. 19Zeli IsmailAM-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Northampton Town 0, Walsall 1. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amadou Bakayoko.
  2. 4' Goal! Northampton Town 1, Walsall 1. Chris Long (Northampton Town) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  3. 22' Substitution, Walsall. Joe Edwards replaces Florent Cuvelier because of an injury.
  4. 41' Goal! Northampton Town 2, Walsall 1. Chris Long (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Buchanan.
  5. 64' Sam Foley (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Substitution, Walsall. Daniel Agyei replaces Kieron Morris.
  7. 71' Joe Edwards (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Daniel Agyei (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Matt Grimes (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Substitution, Walsall. Nicky Devlin replaces Liam Kinsella.
  11. 82' Matt Crooks (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+3' Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the red card.
  13. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Matt Crooks (Northampton Town).
  14. 90'+5' Substitution, Northampton Town. Ryan McGivern replaces Lewis McGugan.
  15. 90'+6' Substitution, Northampton Town. Regan Poole replaces Chris Long.

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