Match Stats: Walsall 0 Accrington Stanley 1

Here are the Match Stats from Walsall's League Two meeting with Accrington Stanley.

The Saddlers returned to League Two action on Saturday afternoon as they took on Accrington Stanley at a bouncing Bescot Stadium.

Despite having much of the ball and creating most of the goal scoring opportunities, Walsall would concede the first goal some twelve minutes before half-time when Ben Woods put sent a looping volley over Tommy Simkin and into the back of the net.

The Saddlers' hopes of changing the game were damaged by second-half substitute Connor Barrett seeing red after bring on the field of play for a matter of minutes.

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO

WALSALL	0-1	STANLEY
	GOALSCORER	B. WOODS (33')
55	POSSESSION (%)	45
13	SHOTS (TOTAL)	8
3	SHOTS (ON TARGET)	2
2	BLOCKED SHOTS	3
1	GOALKEEPER SAVES	4
6	CORNERS	5
7	FOULS	10
2	YELLOW CARDS	4
1	RED CARDS	0

AT	BESCOT STADIUM
ATTENDANCE	8,131 (260)
REFEREE	ALEX CHILOWICZ

WALSALL

Simkin; Williams, Okagbue, Allen; Asiimwe, McEntee (Harrison, 72'), Chang (Stirk, 72'), L. Gordon (C. Barrett, 72' 🟥); Hall (Amantchi, 66'); Adomah 🟨, Matt (Jellis, 66' 🟨)

Substitutes: Hornby; Daniels

ACCRINGTON STANLEY

Kelly; Aljofree, Matthews, Ward (Quirk, 63'); Love, Coyle 🟨, Grant, B. Woods; Whalley (O'Brien-Whitmarsh, 90+1' 🟨); Walton 🟨 (Mooney, 90+3'), J. Woods 🟨

Subs: Isherwood, Henderson, Caton, Batty

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This post was first published at 4:56 pm on Saturday, 26 April 2025.