Walsall 1-2 Mansfield Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 October 2019
Result
Walsall 1-2 Mansfield Town
League Two · Saturday 26 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 1-2 Mansfield Town: match report
Walsall were beaten by Mansfield Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 26 October 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Andy Cook opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Walsall's goal came from Elijah Adebayo (45'). Mansfield Town scored through Andy Cook (30') and Alex MacDonald (68').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Mansfield Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Walsall were 19th on 15 points from 15 and Mansfield Town 18th on 17 points from 15. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Mansfield Town 21st with 38.
Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Mansfield Town in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Elijah Adebayo of Walsall (8.1), ahead of Mal Benning (7.8).
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Mansfield Town's L-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Alex MacDonald
- 30'Goal · Andy Cook
- 37'Yellow card · Stuart Sinclair
- 45'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 68'Goal · Alex MacDonald
Team news
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Jack Rose, Cameron Norman, Kory Roberts, Dan Scarr, Callum Cockerill-Mollett, Rory Holden, Stuart Sinclair, Alfie Bates, L. Kinsella, Josh Gordon, Rory Gaffney
Mansfield Town line-up (4-3-1-2)
Conrad Logan, Kellan Gordon, Krystian Pearce, Ryan Sweeney, Mal Benning, A. MacDonald, Conor Shaughnessy, Neal Bishop, Otis Khan, Andy Cook, Nicky Maynard