Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 August 2010
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Walsall
League One · Saturday 28 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Walsall: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Walsall 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 August 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
A. Barnes opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from A. Barnes (68') and Marcos Painter (81'). Walsall scored through J. Macken (90').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 16th on 2 points from 3 and Walsall 6th on 6 points from 3. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Walsall 21st with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 1 draw and 3 for Walsall.
Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read L-D-D and Walsall's W-W-L.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Aaron Lescott
- 68'Goal · A. Barnes
- 72'Red card · Alex Nicholls
- 81'Goal · Marcos Painter
- 90'Goal · J. Macken
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up
Casper Ankergren, Tommy Elphick, Adam El-Abd, Marcos Painter, Agustín Emilio Battipiedi, Elliott Bennett, G. Dicker, Ashley Barnes, Glenn Murray, Iñigo Calderón, Radostin Kishishev
Walsall line-up
Jon Brain, Javier Klimowicz, Manny Smith, Richard Taundry, Ryan McGivern, Aaron Lescott, Matthew Richards, Paul Marshall, Julian Gray, Reuben Reid, Alex Nicholls