Walsall 2-1 Oxford United: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 January 2018
Result
Walsall 2-1 Oxford United
League One · Saturday 13 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-1 Oxford United: match report
Walsall defeated Oxford United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 13 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Amadou Bakayoko opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Walsall's goals came from Amadou Bakayoko (33') and E. Öztümer (48'). Oxford United scored through Alex Mowatt (70').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Oxford United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 18th on 30 points from 25 and Oxford United 10th on 38 points from 27. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Oxford United 16th with 56.
Walsall lined up in a 4-5-1 and Oxford United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 2 draws and 0 for Oxford United.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Oxford United's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Liam Kinsella
- 33'Goal · Amadou Bakayoko
- 48'Goal · E. Öztümer
- 66'Yellow card · Aaron Martin
- 70'Goal · Alex Mowatt
- 85'Yellow card · C. Carroll
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (4-5-1)
Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Kory Roberts, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, L. Kinsella, Reece Flanagan, Amadou Bakayoko
Oxford United line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Eastwood, Dwight Tiendalli, Aaron Martin, John Mousinho, Jack Payne, Josh Ruffels, James Henry, Alex Mowatt, Canice Carroll, Wes Thomas, Jonathan Obika