Walsall made their way to Highbury Stadium on Tuesday evening as they took on Fleetwood Town in their first match since a nine-game winning streak was ended by Bradford City.
The home side took the lead with twelve minutes of the first-half on the clock, when Shaun Rooney put the ball past Tommy Simkin with the first on-target effort of the evening.
Fleetwood doubled their advantage five minutes later as James Bolton was able to rifle the ball home as Walsall struggled to lay a glove upon their opponents for much of the contest.
SKY BET LEAGUE TWO
| FLEETWOOD | 2-0 | WALSALL |
| ROONEY (12') BOLTON (17') |
GOALSCORERS |
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| HUNT (12') HUNT (17') |
ASSISTS |
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| 43 | POSSESSION (%) | 57 |
| 4 | SHOTS (TOTAL) | 11 |
| 2 | SHOTS (ON TARGET) | 3 |
| 1 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 2 |
| 3 | GOALKEEPER SAVES | 0 |
| 3 | CORNERS | 7 |
| 9 | FOULS | 16 |
| 2 | YELLOW CARDS | 1 |
| 0 | RED CARDS | 0 |
| AT | HIGHBURY STADIUM |
| REFEREE | MARTIN WOODS |
FLEETWOOD TOWN
Lynch; Wiredu, Bolton 🟨, Potter; Rooney, Neal (Virtue-Thick, 61'), Bonds, Helm (Mayor, 70'), Hunt; Graydon (Devenport, 70'), Harratt 🟨.
Unused: Hewitson, Hughes, Cirino, Patterson
WALSALL
Simkin; Okagbue, Williams, Allen; Stirk; C. Barrett, Jellis 🟨 (Lakin, 68'), McEntee, L. Gordon; Wheatley (Johnson, 68'), Adomah (J. Gordon, 57')
Unused: Hornby; Asiimwe, Weir, Comley