Cheltenham Town 3-1 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 11 January 2020
Result
Cheltenham Town 3-1 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 11 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cheltenham Town 3-1 Walsall: match report
Cheltenham Town defeated Walsall 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 11 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Sheaf opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from M. Sheaf (18'), Conor Thomas (48') and Alfie May (71'). Walsall scored through Elijah Adebayo (78').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 5th on 41 points from 25 and Walsall 11th on 33 points from 26. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Walsall 14th with 47.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Walsall in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to George Lloyd of Cheltenham Town (8.2), ahead of Conor Thomas (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cheltenham Town win, 0 draws and 0 for Walsall.
Key events
- 18'Goal · M. Sheaf
- 48'Goal · Conor Thomas
- 52'Yellow card · M. Sheaf
- 57'Yellow card · J. Clarke
- 71'Goal · Alfie May
- 72'Yellow card · Alfie May
- 78'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
Head-to-head
Team news
Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Evans, Charlie Raglan, Ben Tozer, Jacob Greaves, Ryan Broom, Conor Thomas, Chris Clements, Max Sheaf, Chris Hussey, Tahvon Campbell, Alfie May
Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)
Liam Roberts, James Clarke, Matt Sadler, Dan Scarr, Zak Jules, Alfie Bates, Josh Gordon, Rory Holden, L. Kinsella, Wesley McDonald, Caolan Lavery