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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Huish Park
  • Attendance: 4319
  • Referee: Russell, M

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

86mins

Darren Wrack is booked for dissent.

84mins

Alex Nicholls is being taken off, Martin Brittain has come on in his place.

83mins

Yeovil are replacing Zoltan Stieber with Ishmael Welsh.

81mins

Terrell Forbes is booked for unsporting behaviour.

69mins

Mark Lynch is booked for unsporting behaviour.

69mins

Yeovil are replacing Gary Dempsey with Marvin Williams.

69mins

Nathan Jones is replaced by Marc Bircham.

64mins

Goal!! Walsall have scored with Alex Nicholls putting it in the back of the net.

62mins

Walsall are replacing Edrissa Sonko with Paul Hall.

59mins

Goal!! Scott Dann scores for Walsall.

58mins

Michael Ricketts is being taken off, Richard Taundry has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Walsall defended superbly against torrential rain and gale-force winds in a goalless first half to keep the score sheet blank and then attacked Yeovil in the second period to stretch their unbeaten run to 17 games.

They are well placed to mount a promotion bid for the second successive season and manager Richard Money was delighted with the performance.

He said: "The conditions were so bad that on one occasion in the first half my goalkeeper Clayton Ince saw his clearance blow back for a corner.

"The weather improved in the second half and we got the ball down and played some good stuff."

Yeovil had three players suspended and loanees Lee Peltier and Darren Way recalled by Liverpool and Swansea respectively, but their new-look team attacked incessantly and should have scored early on.

James Walker missed an early chance and heroic defending blocked numerous Yeovil attacks. although they should have scored.

"I counted four chances in the first five minutes and 12 in all," said bitterly disappointed Glovers boss Russell Slade.

Walsall came out for the second half and were still under pressure for a time, but again their defence did its stuff.

They got the breakthrough they needed on 57 minutes. Michael Ricketts, the experienced striker who had been a doubt before the game, went off injured but his replacement Richard Taundry set up the goal with his first touch.

He knocked a free kick into the goalmouth and centre-half Scott Dann back-headed into the roof of the net.

Six minutes later the Saddlers got the clincher. Alex Nicholls, outstanding on the left side of midfield, brushed past his marker into the box and fired a low shot past home keeper Steve Mildenhall.

Yeovil Town Team

Walsall Team

Yeovil Town

Walsall

Corners

95

Fouls

128

Goal attempts

149

Shots off target

107

Offsides

21

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