Walsall 2-1 Stockport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023
Result
Walsall 2-1 Stockport County
League Two · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Walsall 2-1 Stockport County: match report
Walsall beat Stockport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Danny Johnson opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Walsall's goals came from Danny Johnson (24') and Aramide Oteh (79'). Stockport County scored through Ryan Rydel (90+7').
Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Stockport County received 5 yellow cards.
Walsall went on to finish that season 11th with 65 points, and Stockport County 1st with 92.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stockport County in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy Madden of Stockport County (8.2), ahead of Isaac Hutchinson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 1 for Stockport County.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Cody Johnson
- 24'Goal · Danny Johnson
- 42'Yellow card · Ryan Stirk
- 49'Yellow card · Freddie Draper
- 63'Yellow card · Isaac Hutchinson
- 67'Yellow card · Fraser Horsfall
- 70'Yellow card · Louie Barry
- 75'Yellow card · Macauley Southam
- 79'Goal · Aramide Oteh
- 82'Yellow card · Isaac Olaofe
- 90+7'Goal · Ryan Rydel
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Evans, Harry Williams, Donervon Daniels, Chris Hussey, Joe Foulkes, Oisin McEntee, Isaac Hutchinson, Ryan Stirk, Liam Gordon, Danny Johnson, Freddie Draper
Stockport County line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ben Hinchliffe, Kyle Knoyle, Fraser Horsfall, Ethan Pye, Macauley Southam-Hales, Cody Johnson, Antoni Sarcevic, Ibou Touray, Nick Powell, Louie Barry, Paddy Madden