Walsall 2-1 Swindon Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 29 November 2008
Result
Walsall 2-1 Swindon Town
League One · Saturday 29 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-1 Swindon Town: match report
Walsall beat Swindon Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 29 November 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Michael Ricketts opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Walsall's goals came from Michael Ricketts (17') and Alex Nicholls (90'). Swindon Town scored through Billy Paynter (90').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 11th on 24 points from 17 and Swindon Town 18th on 19 points from 17. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Swindon Town 16th with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 2 draws and 2 for Swindon Town.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Swindon Town's D-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Michael Ricketts
- 46'Yellow card · M. Timlin
- 52'Yellow card · Patrick Kanyuka
- 55'Yellow card · Alex Nicholls
- 90'Goal · Alex Nicholls
- 90'Goal · Billy Paynter