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Walsall 1 – 0 Bristol City
FT · Thu, Aug 6

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Bristol City 0, Walsall 1.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Bristol City 0, Walsall 1.
  • 90'+2'Rico Browne (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2'Joe Williams (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2'Foul by Rico Browne (Walsall).
  • 90'+1'Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Lewis Simper.
  • 90'+1'Attempt blocked. Max Bird (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yu Hirakawa.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by James Connolly.
  • 90'Attempt blocked. Emil Riis (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'Attempt blocked. Yu Hirakawa (Bristol City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Riis.
  • 90'Attempt blocked. Rob Dickie (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.

Line Score

12T
WAL 01 1
BRC 00 0

Match Leaders

Walsall
Bristol City

Key Events

90'+2'Rico Browne (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78'Substitution, Bristol City. Joe Williams replaces George Tanner.
69'Substitution, Bristol City. Emil Riis replaces Lorent Tolaj.
68'Substitution, Bristol City. Scott Twine replaces Sam Greenwood.
67'Sven Sprangler (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67'Substitution, Walsall. Andy Dallas replaces Reece Smith.
64'Substitution, Walsall. Lewis Simper replaces Courtney Clarke.
63'Substitution, Walsall. Charlie Crew replaces Isaac Moore.
63'Substitution, Walsall. Rico Browne replaces Elicha Ahui.
58'Substitution, Bristol City. Dom Ballard replaces Adam Randell.
57'Substitution, Bristol City. Yu Hirakawa replaces Jed Wallace.
56'Isaac Moore (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47'Goal! Bristol City 0, Walsall 1. Aaron Pressley (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Reece Smith with a cross.
32'Substitution, Walsall. James Connolly replaces Ryan Leak because of an injury.

Team Stats

WalsallBristol City
General
28.1 Possession % 71.9
9 Shots 33
5 On Target 9
0 Offsides 1
4 Corners 13
13 Fouls 3
Passing & Defense
202 Passes Completed 618
4 Crosses Won 14
13 Tackles Won 10
10 Interceptions 7
62 Clearances 13
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
10 Saves 4

Recent Form

Bristol City L D L W W
Walsall L L W L L

Starting Lineups

Bristol City4-2-3-1
1 Tickle
19 Tanner 16 Dickie 2 Eissat 3 Pring
12 Knight 4 Randell
17 Wallace 6 Bird 20 Greenwood
9 Tolaj
19 Pressley 47'
11 Smith A 6 Sprangler 15 Moore 17 Clarke
3 Hancock 26 Leak 25 Skura 5 Burke 22 Ahui
1 Ward
Walsall5-4-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Bristol City

  1. ST #1 Sam TickleG
  2. LE #2 Lisav EissatCD-L
  3. RD #16 Robert DickieCD-R
  4. CP #3 Cameron PringLB
  5. GT #19 George TannerRB
  6. MB #6 Max BirdAM
  7. AR #4 Adam RandellLM
  8. JK #12 Jason KnightRM
  9. LT #9 Lorent TolajF
  10. SG #20 Sam GreenwoodAM-L
  11. JW #17 Jed WallaceAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Walsall

  1. JW #1 Jed WardG
  2. DS #25 Declan SkuraCD
  3. RL #26 Ryan LeakCD-L
  4. HB #5 Harrison BurkeCD-R
  5. MH #3 Mason HancockLB
  6. EA #22 Elicha AhuiRB
  7. SS #6 Sven SpranglerCM-L
  8. IM #15 Isaac MooreCM-R
  9. RS #11 Reece SmithLM
  10. CC #17 Courtney ClarkeRM
  11. AP #19 Aaron PressleyF47'
Substitutes · 5 used

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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