Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 December 2018
Result
Walsall 2-1 Coventry City
League One · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: match report
Walsall defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Luke Thomas opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Walsall's goals came from Luke Leahy (90+1') and Luke Leahy (90+4', penalty). Coventry City scored through Luke Thomas (18').
Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 27 points from 20 and Coventry City 9th on 29 points from 20. Walsall went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Coventry City 8th with 65.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Coventry City's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Luke Thomas
- 43'Yellow card · Tom Bayliss
- 45+2'Yellow card · Nicky Devlin
- 45+2'Yellow card · I. Osbourne
- 45+2'Yellow card · Luke Thomas
- 63'Yellow card · Lee Burge
- 90+1'Goal · Luke Leahy
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Luke Leahy
Team news
Walsall line-up
Liam Roberts, Nicky Devlin, Luke Leahy, Jon Guthrie, Russell Martin, Jack Fitzwater, L. Kinsella, Isaiah Osbourne, Andy Cook, Josh Gordon, Morgan Ferrier
Coventry City line-up
Lee Burge, Dujon Sterling, Junior Brown, Tom Bayliss, Jordan Willis, Tom Davies, Liam Kelly, Jordan Shipley, Amadou Bakayoko, Luke Thomas, Conor Mark Chaplin