Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026

Result

Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall: match report

Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Walsall 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Priestley Farquharson opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from Joe Ironside (90'). Walsall scored through Priestley Farquharson (38'), Daniel Kanu (45') and Jamille Matt (65').

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

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 17th on 32 points from 25 and Walsall 3rd on 43 points from 24. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 41 points, and Walsall 13th with 65.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Walsall in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Connor Jennings of Tranmere Rovers (7.8), ahead of Priestley Farquharson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 0 draws and 4 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Priestley FarquharsonWalsall · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Connor BarrettWalsall
  • 45'Goal · Daniel KanuWalsall · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Jamille MattWalsall · 0-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Sam FinleyTranmere Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Joe IronsideTranmere Rovers · 1-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · K. ŁopataWalsall

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 0, Walsall 4.

Team news

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Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jack Barrett, Nathan Smith, William Tamen, Aaron McGowan, Jayden Joseph, Sam Finley, Richard Smallwood, Ethan Bristow, Charlie Whitaker, Dylan Jones, Connor Jennings

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

Myles Roberts, Priestley Farquharson, Aden Flint, Evan Weir, Brandon Comley, Connor Barrett, Jamie Jellis, Alex Pattison, Vincent Harper, Jamille Matt, Daniel Kanu