Walsall 1-3 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
Walsall 1-3 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 1-3 Grimsby Town: match report
Walsall were beaten by Grimsby Town 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Caolan Lavery opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Walsall's goal came from Caolan Lavery (5'). Grimsby Town scored through Elliott Whitehouse (41'), J. Hanson (68') and J. Hanson (81', penalty).
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Walsall were 19th on 5 points from 5 and Grimsby Town 7th on 8 points from 5. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Grimsby Town 13th with 47.
Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Hanson of Grimsby Town (9.4), ahead of James McKeown (7.7).
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Grimsby Town's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Caolan Lavery
- 20'Yellow card · L. Öhman
- 41'Goal · Elliott Whitehouse
- 68'Goal · J. Hanson
- 80'Yellow card · Cameron Pring
- 81'Penalty goal · J. Hanson
Team news
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Cameron Pring, Matt Sadler, James Clarke, Dan Scarr, Stuart Sinclair, Rory Holden, James Hardy, Gary Liddle, Caolan Lavery, Elijah Adebayo
Grimsby Town line-up (4-3-3)
James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Ludvig Öhman, Luke Waterfall, Elliott Hewitt, Jake Hessenthaler, Elliott Whitehouse, Jordan Cook, Matt Green, James Hanson, M. Ogbu