Walsall made their way to the Bet365 Stadium on Tuesday evening as they took on Stoke City in Round One of the 2025/26 Carabao Cup.
Neither side was able to find a winning goal during normal time as the match was sent to a deciding penalty shoot-out, which Stoke won 4-3.
CARABAO CUP - ROUND ONE
| STOKE | 0-0 | WALSALL |
| BAKER SCORED DONLEY SCORED MUBAMA SAVED JUN-HO SCORED BONHAM SCORED |
PENALTIES |
MATT SCORED STUTTLE MISSED FLINT SCORED JELLIS SCORED ADOMAH SAVED |
| 74 | POSSESSION (%) | 26 |
| 8 | SHOTS (TOTAL) | 11 |
| 1 | SHOTS (ON TARGET) | 1 |
| 1 | GOALKEEPER SAVES | 1 |
| 4 | CORNERS | 6 |
| 8 | FOULS | 13 |
| 2 | YELLOW CARDS | 1 |
| 0 | RED CARDS | 0 |
| AT | BET365 STADIUM |
| ATTENDANCE | 8,809 (1,325) |
| REFEREE | JAMES BELL |
STOKE CITY
Bonham; Mears, Phillips, Gibson (Wilmot, 64'), Bocat; Lawal 🟨 (Smith, 64'), Seko 🟨 (Baker, 78'); Manhoef (Jun-Ho, 64'), Fawumni, Donley; Bozenik (Mubama, 89')
Unused: Fielding; Ichamadeu, Cresswell, Thomas
WALSALL
Hornby; Burke, Farquharson 🟨 (Flint, 74'), Cox; Comley; Barrett (Jellis, 66'), Clarke (Matt, 78'), Maher (Hollman, 65'), Harper; Adomah, Gordon (Stuttle, 65')
Unused: Roberts; Hancock, Browne, Warrington