Walsall 1-1 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Saturday 14 October 2017
Result
Walsall 1-1 Blackpool
League One · Saturday 14 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 1-1 Blackpool: match report
Walsall drew with Blackpool 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 14 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
E. Öztümer opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Walsall's goal came from E. Öztümer (18'). Blackpool scored through V. Solomon-Otabor (65').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 14 points from 12 and Blackpool 11th on 18 points from 11. Walsall went on to finish that season 18th with 45 points, and Blackpool 16th with 50.
Walsall lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Blackpool's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · E. Öztümer
- 25'Yellow card · Sean Longstaff
- 65'Goal · V. Solomon-Otabor
- 82'Yellow card · Colin Daniel
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-4-1-2)
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Kory Roberts, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Amadou Bakayoko, Dan Agyei
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Ryan Allsop, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Callum Cooke, Jay Spearing, K. Vassell, Nathan Delfouneso