Walsall 3-1 Wrexham: result and report
League Two · Friday 29 December 2023
Result
Walsall 3-1 Wrexham
League Two · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 3-1 Wrexham: match report
Walsall beat Wrexham 3-1 in the League Two on Friday 29 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jack Earing opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Walsall's goals came from Jack Earing (16'), Isaac Hutchinson (60') and Taylor Allen (83'). Wrexham scored through Paul Mullin (24', penalty).
Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Wrexham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 30 points from 23 and Wrexham 2nd on 46 points from 23. Walsall went on to finish that season 11th with 65 points, and Wrexham 2nd with 88.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Wrexham in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Hutchinson of Walsall (8.7), ahead of Jack Earing (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wrexham.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Wrexham's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Jack Earing
- 24'Penalty goal · Paul Mullin
- 52'Yellow card · Priestley Farquharson
- 59'Yellow card · Andy Cannon
- 60'Goal · Isaac Hutchinson
- 76'Yellow card · Douglas James-Taylor
- 83'Goal · Taylor Allen
- 90+3'Yellow card · Tom Knowles
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Jackson Smith, David Okagbue, Priestley Farquharson, Donervon Daniels, Tom Knowles, Isaac Hutchinson, Brandon Comley, Jack Earing, Liam Gordon, Freddie Draper, Jamille Matt
Wrexham line-up (5-3-2)
Arthur Okonkwo, Jacob Mendy, Max Cleworth, Ben Tozer, Thomas O'Connor, James McClean, L. Young, Andy Cannon, Elliot Lee, Paul Mullin, Sam Dalby