Swindon Town 2-0 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Swindon Town 2-0 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 2-0 Walsall: match report

Swindon Town defeated Walsall 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Charlie Austin opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Charlie Austin (2') and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (88'). Walsall did not score.

Discipline: Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 5th on 12 points from 6 and Walsall 9th on 11 points from 7. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 19th with 54 points, and Walsall 11th with 65.

Swindon Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Frazer Blake-Tracy of Swindon Town (8.6), ahead of Udoka Godwin-Malife (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swindon Town wins, 2 draws and 4 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Charlie AustinSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Isaac HutchinsonWalsall
  • 36'Yellow card · Saidou KhanSwindon Town
  • 62'Yellow card · Tom KnowlesWalsall
  • 66'Second yellow · Tom KnowlesWalsall
  • 88'Goal · Rushian Hepburn-MurphySwindon Town · 2-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Liam GordonWalsall
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Remeao HuttonSwindon Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 4, draws 2, Walsall 4.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Murphy Cooper, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Tom Brewitt, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Remeao Hutton, George McEachran, Saidou Khan, Tariq Uwakwe, Dan Kemp, Jake Young, Charlie Austin

Walsall line-up (3-5-2)

Owen Evans, Priestley Farquharson, Donervon Daniels, Taylor Allen, Tom Knowles, Oisin McEntee, Ryan Stirk, Isaac Hutchinson, Liam Gordon, Freddie Draper, Ross Tierney