Walsall 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 April 2018
Result
Walsall 1-0 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 28 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Walsall 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Walsall beat Northampton Town 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from George Dobson of Walsall in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 20th on 48 points from 43 and Northampton Town 22nd on 46 points from 44. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 0 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Northampton Town's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliams
- 48'Yellow card · E. Öztümer
- 62'Yellow card · Leon Barnett
- 80'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 90+1'Goal · George Dobson
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-1-1)
Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Jack Fitzwater, Kory Roberts, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Amadou Bakayoko
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-1-1)
Richard O'Donnell, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Shay Facey, Sam Hoskins, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell