Walsall 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 February 2018
Result
Walsall 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
League One · Saturday 24 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Walsall 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Walsall lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 24 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.
Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Walsall's goal came from Jack Fitzwater (45'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (17') and Danny Graham (26').
Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 41 points from 32 and Blackburn Rovers 1st on 66 points from 33. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 2nd with 96.
Walsall lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Danny Graham
- 26'Goal · Danny Graham
- 45'Goal · Jack Fitzwater
- 85'Yellow card · George Dobson
- 88'Yellow card · Julien Ngoy
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (4-2-3-1)
Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Jack Fitzwater, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Justin Shaibu
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Darragh Lenihan, Richard Smallwood, Jack Payne, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham, Adam Armstrong