After playing out a goalless draw last week, the Saddlers and Alfreton faced off in their FA Cup replay on Tuesday evening, with the two teams battling it out for a place alongside Southampton in the Third Round.
Walsall looked to have put themselves on the path to the next round early in the first-half as Jamille Matt tapped the ball home following a Donervon Daniels pass.
There were many more opportunities in the game, but Jamille's early goal proved to be enough to see the Saddlers through.
EMIRATES FA CUP - SECOND ROUND REPLAY
| WALSALL | 1-0 | ALFRETON |
| MATT (6') | GOALSCORERS | |
| DANIELS (6') | ASSISTS | |
| 49 | POSS (%) | 51 |
| 11 | SHOTS (TOTAL) | 9 |
| 6 | SHOTS (ON TARGET) | 2 |
| 5 | CORNERS | 10 |
| 8 | FOULS | 15 |
| 5 | YELLOW CARDS | 5 |
| 0 | RED CARDS | 0 |
| AT | POUNDLAND BESCOT STADIUM |
| ATTENDANCE | 2,112 (362 AWAY) |
| REFEREE | SIMON MATHER |
WALSALL
Smith, Okagbue 🟨, Daniels, Farquharson, Knowles 🟨, Comley 🟨, McEntee, Stirk 🟨(Hutchinson, 90'), Gordon; Matt 🟨, James-Taylor (Draper, 65')
Unused: Barrett; Williams, Foulkes, Allen, Earing, Griffiths, Johnson
ALFRETON TOWN
Willis 🟨; Clackstone 🟨, Lund, Wiley, Thewlis (Fewster, 83'), Cantrill, Salmon (Day, 78'), Perritt, Brisley 🟨 (Digie, 50'), Newall 🟨, Taylor
Unused: Askew, Waldock, Stacey, Oliver, Grewal-Pollard
On Bench: Billy Heath 🟨