Fleetwood Town vs Walsall, 2017-18 English League One, Regular Season

· English League One

Fleetwood Town

31': Ashley Hunter
45': Patrick Madden

FT
2 - 0

Walsall

John Sheridan ends with win as Fleetwood cruise past Walsall

Match Timeline

25': Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Goal! Fleetwood Town 1, Walsall 0. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewie Coyle.
45': Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 0. Paddy Madden (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
45': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Conor McAleny replaces Bobby Grant because of an injury.
57': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Paddy Madden.
65': Substitution, Walsall. Erhun Oztumer replaces Florent Cuvelier.
65': Substitution, Walsall. Mitchell Candlin replaces Amadou Bakayoko.
65': Substitution, Walsall. Will Shorrock replaces Luke Leahy.
70': Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Nathan Pond replaces Gethin Jones.
76': Kory Roberts (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English League One

Venue: Highbury Stadium
Location: Fleetwood, England
Attendance: 3,644

EFL League One Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City	43	+46	102
2	Wrexham	44	+28	86
3	Wycombe Wanderers	44	+28	84
4	Charlton Athletic	44	+25	82

Full Table

Line-Ups

Fleetwood Town (4-3-3)

No.	Name
21	Alex Cairns (GK)
12	Cian Bolger
5	Ashley Eastham
19	Gethin Jones
2	Lewie Coyle
16	Toumani Diagouraga
27	Harrison Biggins
8	Kyle Dempsey
17	Patrick Madden
22	Ashley Hunter
11	Robert Grant

Fleetwood Town Substitutes:

William Crellin, Conor McAleny, George Glendon, Nathan Pond, Jordi Hiwula, Jack Sowerby, Joao Neto Morelli.

Walsall (4-5-1)

No.	Name
1	Mark Gillespie (GK)
5	Jon Guthrie
23	Jack Fitzwater
28	Callum Cockerill-Mollett
24	Kory Roberts
8	Florent Cuvelier
17	Reece Flanagan
4	George Dobson
3	Luke Leahy
25	Maziar Kouhyar
20	Amadou Bakayoko

Walsall Substitutes:

Liam Kinsella, Nicky Devlin, Mitchell Candlin, Liam Roberts, Kieron Morris, Will Shorrock, Erhun Oztumer.

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