WALSALL. Harrogate Town tops Walsall 3-1. Harrogate Town was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with S. Power (20′), J. Diamond (61′) and L. Armstrong (82′). Walsall reduced the distance with a goal (88′) by K. Phillips, but there was not much to do for them. Walsall was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the The Banks’s Stadium stadium in Walsall on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Edwards assisted by Lewis Raper and Billy Smallwood. The 4th official was Matthew Smith. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.1 degrees Celsius or 51.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Walsall had a strong ball possession 61% while Harrogate Town was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Walsall was was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Harrogate Town found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Walsall shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Harrogate Town shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Walsall received 1 yellow card (H. White). Talking about the opposition, Harrogate Town received 1 yellow card (J. Falkingham).

Standings

After this match, Walsall will stay with 20 points to sit in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Harrogate Town will have 26 points like Newport County, Swindon Town and Sutton United to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Walsall will host Rochdale on the 20th of November with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Rochdale (5 draws).

Harrogate Town will host Salford City on the 20th of November with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Salford City (1 draw).

Walsall – Formation

Walsall started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: Carl Rushworth (5.8), Hayden White (6.2), Rollin Menayese (7.1), Emmanuel Monthe (6.3), Stephen Ward (6.7), Jack Earing (7.1), Sam Perry (6.2), Tyrese Shade (6.2), Emmanuel Osadebe (7.0), Brendan Kiernan (6.1) and George Miller (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: T. Leak, M. Sadler, Kieran Phillips (7.3), Otis Khan (7.1), A. Taylor, J. Rose and A. Bates.

Substitutions

Walsall made 2 changes: S. Perry for O. Khan (46′) and B. Kiernan for K. Phillips (68′).

Best player: Kieran Phillips​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Walsall was Kieran Phillips.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 3 passes (33% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 68′.

Harrogate Town – Formation

Harrogate Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Simon Weaver played with: Mark Oxley (6.8), Nathan Sheron (7.1), Warren Burrell (6.9), Connor Hall (6.8), Lewis Page (6.5), Simon Power (6.8), Josh Falkingham (7.0), Alexander Pattison (7.1), Jack Diamond (7.2), Luke Armstrong (7.7) and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Fallowfield, Jack Muldoon (6.7), J. Cracknell, L. Kerry, Aaron Martin (6.8) and George Thomson (6.3).

Substitutions

Harrogate Town made 3 changes: D. Orsi-Dadomo for J. Muldoon (63′), S. Power for G. Thomson (63′) and L. Armstrong for A. Martin (83′).

Best player: Luke Armstrong​

The player that probably impressed the most for Harrogate Town was Luke Armstrong.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 20 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 23.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Rochdale – Leyton Orient – 2-2
• Scunthorpe United – Salford City – 1-1
• Stevenage – Mansfield Town – 1-2
• Tranmere Rovers – Sutton United – 0-1
• Walsall – Harrogate Town – 1-3
• Bristol Rovers – Northampton Town – 2-1
• Carlisle United – Barrow – 0-0
• Exeter City – Oldham Athletic – 2-1
• Port Vale – Bradford City – 1-1