Walsall 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 January 2013

Result

Walsall 3-1 AFC Bournemouth

League One · Saturday 19 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Walsall · AFC Bournemouth · League One predictions

Walsall 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Walsall beat AFC Bournemouth 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 January 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sam Mantom opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Walsall's goals came from Sam Mantom (26'), Will Grigg (45+4', penalty) and Will Grigg (78', penalty). AFC Bournemouth scored through Juan Carlos León (48').

Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 38 points from 28 and AFC Bournemouth 7th on 43 points from 26. Walsall went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and AFC Bournemouth 3rd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 2 for AFC Bournemouth.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-W-L-W and AFC Bournemouth's D-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ben PurkissWalsall
  • 26'Goal · Sam MantomWalsall · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · David JamesAFC Bournemouth
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Will GriggWalsall · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónAFC Bournemouth · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Febian BrandyWalsall
  • 65'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónAFC Bournemouth
  • 72'Second yellow · Febian BrandyWalsall
  • 78'Penalty goal · Will GriggWalsall · 3-1
  • 81'Yellow card · James BaxendaleWalsall

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Walsall 2, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 2.

Team news

Walsall expected line-up (4-4-2)

Karl Darlow, Andy Butler, Andy Taylor, Adam Chambers, Sander Krabbendam, Florent Cuvelier, Will Grigg, Dean Holden

AFC Bournemouth expected line-up

Tommy Elphick, Simon Francis, Miles Addison, Marc Pugh, Shaun MacDonald, Harry Arter, Josh McQuoid, Lewis Grabban, David James, Charlie Daniels