Walsall 1-3 Southampton: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 December 2009

Result

Walsall 1-3 Southampton

League One · Saturday 5 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Walsall 1-3 Southampton: match report

Walsall were beaten by Southampton 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

David Connolly opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Walsall's goal came from D. Byfield (66'). Southampton scored through David Connolly (32'), Dean Hammond (38') and Rickie Lambert (65').

Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 7th on 30 points from 19 and Southampton 9th on 29 points from 19. Walsall went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Southampton 6th with 83.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Southampton's W-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · David ConnollySouthampton · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Dean HammondSouthampton · 0-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Mark BradleyWalsall
  • 41'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWalsall
  • 63'Yellow card · Dan HardingSouthampton
  • 65'Goal · Rickie LambertSouthampton · 0-3
  • 66'Goal · D. ByfieldWalsall · 1-3
  • 69'Yellow card · Rhys WestonWalsall
  • 76'Yellow card · Mark HughesWalsall
  • 77'Yellow card · Radhi JaïdiSouthampton

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap