Walsall 1-3 Southampton: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Walsall 1-3 Southampton
League One · Saturday 5 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Walsall 1-3 Southampton: match report
Walsall were beaten by Southampton 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
David Connolly opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Walsall's goal came from D. Byfield (66'). Southampton scored through David Connolly (32'), Dean Hammond (38') and Rickie Lambert (65').
Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 7th on 30 points from 19 and Southampton 9th on 29 points from 19. Walsall went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Southampton 6th with 83.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Southampton's W-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Goal · David Connolly
- 38'Goal · Dean Hammond
- 39'Yellow card · Mark Bradley
- 41'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
- 63'Yellow card · Dan Harding
- 65'Goal · Rickie Lambert
- 66'Goal · D. Byfield
- 69'Yellow card · Rhys Weston
- 76'Yellow card · Mark Hughes
- 77'Yellow card · Radhi Jaïdi
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap