Walsall vs Fleetwood Town

1 October 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee D Baines

Full time 2 – 6

Half-time: 2–1

Harry Williams 14’
Jamille Matt 45’

Ronan Coughlan 25’, 51’ (pen)
Kayden Hughes 57’, 67’
Matthew Virtue-Thick 85’
Mark Helm 90+4’

Match summary

Fleetwood Town came from behind to win 6-2 away at Walsall. Walsall led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Harry Williams put Walsall ahead in the 14th minute, Ronan Coughlan equalised in the 25th minute, and Jamille Matt put Walsall back in front from a corner in the 45th minute. In the second half, Coughlan equalised from the penalty spot in the 51st minute, Kayden Hughes put Fleetwood Town in front from a corner in the 57th minute, Hughes made it 2-4 in the 67th minute, Matthew Virtue-Thick made it 2-5 in the 85th minute, and Mark Helm made it 2-6 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 17-12 to Walsall, with 3 on target for Walsall and 7 for Fleetwood Town.

Match stats

17 Shots 12

3 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Walsall Fleetwood Town

Kick-off

Harry Williams

1-0

14’

25’

Ronan Coughlan

1-1

Jamille Matt

2-1

45’

Half-time2-1

51’

Ronan Coughlan
Penalty

2-2

57’

Kayden Hughes

2-3

67’

Kayden Hughes

2-4

85’

Matthew Virtue-Thick

2-5

90+4’

Mark Helm

2-6

Full-time2-6

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Fleetwood Town

David Harrington
Rhys Bennett

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fleetwood Town attacking Walsall attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Tommy Simkin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Okagbue	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Harry Williams	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Taylor Allen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Barrett Taken off	72′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jamie Jellis Taken off	77′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ryan Stirk	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Charlie Lakin Taken off	56′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Liam Gordon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamille Matt Taken off	56′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Nathan Lowe	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jack Earing Came on as a substitute	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Albert Adomah Came on as a substitute	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Reyes Cleary Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Danny Johnson Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


David Harrington	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu Taken off	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Bolton	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kayden Hughes	90′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Elliot Bonds	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Carl Johnston	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Danny Mayor Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Virtue-Thick	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Mackenzie Hunt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ronan Coughlan Taken off	85′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ryan Graydon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rhys Bennett Came on as a substitute	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Mark Helm Came on as a substitute	5′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kian Harratt Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Walsall win 47% Avg odds 1.99

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48

Fleetwood Town win 26% Avg odds 3.60

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Walsall W L W W W

Fleetwood Town D L W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Fleetwood Town 2-0 Walsall, 28 Jan 25 All Walsall vs Fleetwood Town meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.