Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 August 2015
Result
Walsall 2-1 Coventry City
League One · Saturday 22 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: match report
Walsall defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 August 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Anthony Forde opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Walsall's goals came from Anthony Forde (40') and Tom Bradshaw (52'). Coventry City scored through Jacob Murphy (56').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Walsall were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Coventry City 1st on 9 points from 3. Walsall went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Coventry City 8th with 69.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 1 draw and 4 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-D and Coventry City's W-W-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Anthony Forde
- 52'Goal · Tom Bradshaw
- 56'Goal · Jacob Murphy
- 65'Yellow card · Romain Vincelot
- 90'Yellow card · Jordan Cook
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall expected line-up
Richard O'Donnell, James Ashley Chambers, Mal Benning, Andy Butler, Ben Purkiss, Adam Chambers, Sam Mantom, James Baxendale, Ashley Hemmings, Craig Westcarr
Coventry City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Murphy, Ryan Allsop, Andy Webster, Jordan Clarke, Blair Adams, Cyrus Christie, John Fleck, Conor Thomas, Franck Moussa, Callum Wilson, Billy Daniels