Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 August 2021

Result

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Walsall: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Walsall 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 7 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Callum McManaman of Tranmere Rovers in the 73rd minute.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Walsall 16th with 54.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Walsall in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Clarke of Tranmere Rovers (8.1), ahead of Joe Murphy (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tranmere Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Ash TaylorWalsall
  • 42'Yellow card · Callum McManamanTranmere Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Tom DaviesTranmere Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Callum McManamanTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 86'Red card · Chris MerrieTranmere Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Joe MurphyTranmere Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Joss LabadieWalsall

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 0, draws 0, Walsall 2.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Murphy, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Peter Clarke, Chris Merrie, Callum McManaman, Jay Spearing, Ryan Watson, Paul Glatzel, Liam Feeney, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe

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

Carl Rushworth, Zak Mills, Ash Taylor, Manny Monthe, Stephen Ward, L. Kinsella, Joss Labadie, Tyrese Shade, Emmanuel Osadebe, Brendan Kiernan, Conor Wilkinson