Walsall 2-2 Gillingham: result and report
League Two · Friday 3 April 2026
Result
Walsall 2-2 Gillingham
League Two · Friday 3 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-2 Gillingham: match report
Walsall drew with Gillingham 2-2 in the League Two on Friday 3 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Aaron Loupalo-Bi opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Walsall's goals came from Aaron Loupalo-Bi (21') and Daniel Kanu (66'). Gillingham scored through Ronan Aiden Connolly Shea Chapman Hale (50') and S. Palmer-Houlden (63').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 11th on 61 points from 40 and Gillingham 17th on 45 points from 39. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Gillingham 17th with 53.
Walsall lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gillingham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Smith of Gillingham (7.1), level with Garath McCleary (7.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 4 draws and 1 for Gillingham.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Aaron Loupalo-Bi
- 50'Goal · Ronan Aiden Connolly Shea Chapman Hale
- 52'Yellow card · Bradley Dack
- 61'Yellow card · Gareth Ainsworth
- 63'Goal · S. Palmer-Houlden
- 66'Goal · Daniel Kanu
- 90+4'Yellow card · Sam Gale
Head-to-head
Team news
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Walsall line-up (4-3-3)
Myles Roberts, Rico Browne, Priestley Farquharson, Harrison Burke, Mason Hancock, Alex Pattison, Brandon Comley, Jamie Jellis, Aaron Loupalo-Bi, Aaron Pressley, Courtney Clarke
Gillingham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Glenn Morris, Remeao Hutton, Sam Gale, Andy Smith, Max Clark, Harry Waldock, Nelson Khumbeni, Garath McCleary, Bradley Dack, S. Palmer-Houlden, Ronan Hale