Walsall 1-1 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Walsall 1-1 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Walsall 1-1 Grimsby Town: match report
Walsall drew with Grimsby Town 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 August 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Abo Eisa opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Walsall's goal came from Ryan Stirk (81'). Grimsby Town scored through Abo Eisa (52').
Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Grimsby Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Grimsby Town 14th on 5 points from 4. Walsall went on to finish that season 11th with 65 points, and Grimsby Town 21st with 49.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Abo Eisa of Grimsby Town (8.1), ahead of Jake Eastwood (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 1 for Grimsby Town.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Danny Rose
- 9'Yellow card · Chris Hussey
- 41'Yellow card · Harvey Rodgers
- 52'Goal · Abo Eisa
- 59'Yellow card · Tom Knowles
- 81'Goal · Ryan Stirk
- 89'Yellow card · Harry Clifton
- 90+2'Second yellow · Chris Hussey
- 90+6'Yellow card · Owen Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Evans, Oisin McEntee, Donervon Daniels, Chris Hussey, Tom Knowles, Ross Tierney, Ryan Stirk, Isaac Hutchinson, Liam Gordon, Freddie Draper, Danny Johnson
Grimsby Town line-up (4-5-1)
Jake Eastwood, Toby Mullarkey, Harvey Rodgers, Niall Maher, Daniel Amos, Charles Vernam, Gavan Holohan, Kamil Conteh, Harry Clifton, Abo Eisa, Danny Rose