Walsall 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 September 2017
Result
Walsall 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
League One · Saturday 2 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report
Walsall beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dan Agyei opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Walsall's goals came from Dan Agyei (23') and E. Öztümer (81'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Graham Carey (87', penalty).
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 5 points from 4 and Plymouth Argyle 18th on 4 points from 4. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Plymouth Argyle 7th with 68.
Walsall lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-D-W-L and Plymouth Argyle's L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Dan Agyei
- 70'Yellow card · James Wilson
- 81'Goal · E. Öztümer
- 82'Yellow card · Graham Carey
- 87'Penalty goal · Graham Carey
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-4-1-2)
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Kory Roberts, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Amadou Bakayoko, Dan Agyei
Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McCormick, Gary Miller, Gary Sawyer, Ryan Edwards, Sonny Bradley, Jamie Ness, Graham Carey, Jake Jervis, Joel Grant, David Fox, Nadir Çiftçi