Match Preview: v Harrogate Town (A) Match Preview: v Harrogate Town (A)

Match Preview: v Harrogate Town (A)

Here we take a look ahead to the Saddlers' League Two meeting with Harrogate Town.
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PRE-MATCH VIEWS
Losing one of their last eight league games, the Saddlers are unbeaten in five and arrive at this weekend's match in the back of a welcome win over relegation-threatened Oldham Athletic.

The match, which took place at Banks's Stadium on Tuesday evening, saw Emmanuel Osadebe and Conor Wilkinson continue their fine spells of form as they netted the goals which saw their side increase their advantage over the 23rd-placed Latics to fifteen points.

Despite their strong advantage over the drop zone, Head Coach Michael Flynn recently insisted his team must continue to put in the work and look to end the season as high up the table as possible.

And, with some nine games still to play, they still have a very small chance of making a late break for the Play-Off places, something which not even the most rose-tinted spectacled Saddler would have envisaged just a few short weeks ago.

Opponents Harrogate have been in dire form as of late with the Sulphurites winning just one of their last nine league outings, form which sees them sitting sixteenth in the table heading into this weekend's match.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Saddlers and Sulphurites have only met on three previous occasions, and it's our opponents who hold the overall head-to-head lead having won one game with Walsall yet to earn a win.

There have also been two draws over the history of the fixture, a history which began at Doncaster Rovers' Keepmoat Stadium - as the synthetic playing surface being replaced at Town's EnviroVent Stadium - and ended in a two-all draw.

Walsall's goals arrived via Rory Holden and Josh Gordon whilst Aaron Martin and Jack Muldoon scored for Town.

MAN IN THE MIDDLE
The EFL has confirmed that Declan Bourne, who is based in Nottinghamshire, will be the man in the middle, whilst David Hunt and Gary Hilton have been named assistant referees. Trevor Kettle will act as Fourth Official.

GAMES
OFFICIATED
19
YELLOW
CARDS
RED
CARDS
76
2
PENALTIES
AWARDED
9

CATCH THE MATCH
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