WALSALL. Exeter City beats Walsall with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Dieng (44′) and a goal from C. Diabate (84′). Exeter City was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

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 Darren Handley with the help of Oliver Bickle and Declan Ford. The 4th official was Paul Graham. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Exeter City had a strong ball possession 63% while Walsall was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Exeter City won the encounter.​

Walsall shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Exeter City shot 16 times, 2 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Walsall received 2 yellow cards (R. Menayese and H. White). Regarding the opposition, Exeter City received 2 yellow cards (S. Stubbs and C. Diabate).

R. Menayese (Walsall) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (50′).

Standings

After this match, Walsall will stay with 29 points to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Exeter City will have 40 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Walsall will play away against Bristol Rovers on the 29th of January with a 6-6 head to head record.

Exeter City will host Hartlepool United on the 29th of January with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Hartlepool United (5 draws).

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 (7.8), Hayden White (6.5), Rollin Menayese (5.6), Tom Leak (6.5), Stephen Ward (6.6), Joss Labadie (6.5), Liam Kinsella (7.0), Tyrese Shade (6.4), Jack Earing (7.1), Brendan Kiernan (7.1) and Conor Wilkinson (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Zak Mills (6.5), J. Rose, George Miller (6.4), A. Bates, E. Osadebe, Kieran Phillips (6.4) and S. Perry.

Walsall could not rely on the presence of Z. Mills (injured).

Substitutions

Walsall made 3 changes: S. Ward for Z. Mills (34′), T. Shade for G. Miller (56′) and C. Wilkinson for K. Phillips (78′).

Best player: Carl Rushworth​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Walsall was the goalkeeper: Carl Rushworth. His rating is 7.81. He performed 7 saves.

Exeter City – Formation

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

Matthew Taylor played with: Cameron Dawson (7.4), Pierce Sweeney (7.2), Sam Stubbs (7.4), Cheick Diabate (8.0), Josh Key (6.1), Timothée Dieng (8.4), Archie Collins (8.2), Jake Caprice (6.2), Matt Jay (6.8), Offrande Zanzala (5.6) and Jevani Brown (7.1).

They had on the bench: J. Grounds, N. Atangana, S. Brown, J. Coley, K. Taylor, J. Sparkes and Pádraig Amond (6.5).

Exeter City could not rely on the presence of P. Amond (injured).

Substitutions

Exeter City made only 1 change substituting O. Zanzala for P. Amond (17′)​.

Best player: Timothée Dieng​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Timothée Dieng.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 43 passes (69% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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