Walsall were back in cup action on Tuesday evening when they made the short trip to the King Power Stadium where they took on Leicester City in their third and final Jersey Mike's Trophy Southern Group B outing.
After weathering the early storm, it was Walsall who scored the opening goal of the game when Andy Dallas capped off a quick counter attack to strike the ball into the back of the net after his initial effort hit the post.
The home side levelled the scores some ten minutes after the Saddlers' opener when John Lundstram hooked the hall over his head and beyond the reach of Tom Wooster in the Walsall goal.
Leicester took the lead with thirty-two minutes played when Will Smallbone finished off a Foxes counter attack, the former Southampton man getting on the end of a deflected cross to volley the ball into the back of the net.
EFL TROPHY
| LEICESTER | 2-1 | WALSALL |
LUNDSTRAM (20') SMALLBONE (32') |
GOALSCORERS
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DALLAS (10')
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| ALVES (20') | ASSIST | |
| 72 | POSSESSION (%) | 28 |
| 16 | SHOTS (TOTAL) | 4 |
| 4 | SHOTS (ON TARGET) | 1 |
| 0 | GOALKEEPER SAVES | 2 |
| 10 | CORNERS | 2 |
| 15 | FOULS | 14 |
| 1 | YELLOW CARDS | 0 |
| 0 | RED CARDS | 0 |
| AT | KING POWER STADIUM |
| ATTENDANCE | 3,083 |
| REFEREE | MICHAEL BARLOW |
LEICESTER CITY
Cornell, Aluko 🟨, O'Hora, Thomas, Alves, Lundstram, Smallbone (Braybrooke, 70'), Watson (Coulibaly, 77'), Chaplin (De Cordova-Reid, 70), Doyle (Neale, 89'), Bristrić
Unused: Ravizzoli, Okoli, Fletcher
Unused: Ravizzoli, Okoli, Fletcher
WALSALL
Wooster; Burke, Leak (Ahui, 31'), Connolly; Dixon (Simper, 62'), Sprangler, Moore, Furlong (Pressley, 69'); Sjoerdsma (Crew, 62'); Sodje, Dallas (Smith, 69')
Unused: Kilroy; Adomah
Unused: Kilroy; Adomah
