Walsall 1-2 Chesterfield: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 October 2015
Result
Walsall 1-2 Chesterfield
League One · Saturday 17 October 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Walsall 1-2 Chesterfield: match report
Walsall were beaten by Chesterfield 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 October 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Walsall's goal came from Matt Preston (90+3'). Chesterfield scored through Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (5') and Ian Evatt (54').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 1st on 25 points from 12 and Chesterfield 16th on 14 points from 12. Walsall went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Chesterfield 18th with 53.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Chesterfield in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 1 for Chesterfield.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Chesterfield's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
- 54'Goal · Ian Evatt
- 76'Yellow card · D. Jones
- 84'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 90+1'Yellow card · Drew Talbot
- 90+3'Goal · Matt Preston
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall expected line-up (3-5-2)
Richard O'Donnell, Craig MacGillivray, Paul Michael Downing, Andy Taylor, James Ashley Chambers, James O'Connor, Mal Benning, Adam Chambers, Sam Mantom, R. Sawyers, Tom Bradshaw
Chesterfield expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tommy Lee, Ian Ross Evatt, Sam Hird, Liam Cooper, Tendayi Darikwa, Jimmy Ryan, Sam Morsy, Gary Roberts, Jay O'Shea, Eoin Doyle