Mansfield Town 2-1 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 15 October 2022

Result

Mansfield Town 2-1 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 15 October 2022, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Mansfield Town · Walsall · League Two predictions

Mansfield Town 2-1 Walsall: match report

Mansfield Town beat Walsall 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 15 October 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

George Lapslie opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from George Lapslie (15') and Will Swan (82'). Walsall scored through Liam Bennett (35').

Discipline: Mansfield Town received 1 yellow card; Walsall received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Mansfield Town were 5th on 23 points from 12 and Walsall 14th on 16 points from 13. Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 8th with 75 points, and Walsall 16th with 55.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Walsall in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen McLaughlin of Mansfield Town (7.5), ahead of George Lapslie (7.3).

Going into the match Mansfield Town's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Walsall's W-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · George LapslieMansfield Town · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Liam BennettWalsall · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Will SwanMansfield Town · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Will SwanMansfield Town

Team news

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Mansfield Town line-up (3-5-1-1)

Christy Pym, Elliott Hewitt, Oli Hawkins, Riley Harbottle, Jordan Bowery, Ollie Clarke, George Maris, S. Quinn, Stephen McLaughlin, George Lapslie, Lucas Akins

Walsall line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Evans, Hayden White, Peter Clarke, Manny Monthe, Liam Bennett, L. Kinsella, Brandon Comley, Taylor Allen, Isaac Hutchinson, Douglas James-Taylor, Tom Knowles