Walsall 2-6 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 1 October 2024
Result
Walsall 2-6 Fleetwood Town
League Two · Tuesday 1 October 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Walsall 2-6 Fleetwood Town: match report
Walsall lost to Fleetwood Town 2-6 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 October 2024. The half-time score was 2-1.
Harry Williams opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Walsall's goals came from Harry Williams (14') and Jamille Matt (45'). Fleetwood Town scored through Ronan Coughlan (25'), Ronan Coughlan (50'), Kayden Hughes (57'), Kayden Hughes (68'), Matthew Virtue-Thick (86') and Mark Helm (90+4').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 2nd on 18 points from 8 and Fleetwood Town 10th on 12 points from 7. Walsall went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 60.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Fleetwood Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronan Coughlan of Fleetwood Town (8.8), ahead of Kayden Hughes (8.4).
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Fleetwood Town's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Harry Williams
- 25'Goal · Ronan Coughlan
- 45'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 45+2'Yellow card · Rhys Bennett
- 50'Goal · Ronan Coughlan
- 57'Goal · Kayden Hughes
- 68'Goal · Kayden Hughes
- 86'Goal · Matthew Virtue-Thick
- 90+4'Goal · Mark Helm
- 90+5'Yellow card · David Harrington
Team news
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Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Tommy James Simkin, David Okagbue, Harry Williams, Taylor Allen, Connor Barrett, Jamie Jellis, Ryan Stirk, Charlie Lakin, Liam Gordon, Jamille Matt, Nathan Lowe
Fleetwood Town line-up (3-1-4-2)
David Harrington, Brendan Wiredu, James Bolton, Kayden Hughes, Elliot Bonds, Carl Johnston, Danny Mayor, Matty Virtue, Mackenzie Hunt, Ronan Coughlan, Ryan Graydon