Wrexham vs Walsall

15 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Mather

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

William Boyle 8’
Ollie Palmer 20’
Jake Bickerstaff 56’
Elliott Lee 85’

Chris Hussey 24’
Anthony Forde 90+1’ (og)

Match summary

Wrexham won 4-2 at home to Walsall. Wrexham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, William Boyle put Wrexham ahead with a header in the 8th minute, Ollie Palmer made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, and Chris Hussey pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 24th minute. In the second half, Jake Bickerstaff made it 3-1 in the 56th minute, Elliott Lee made it 4-1 in the 85th minute, and Forde's own goal made it 4-2 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 20-12 to Wrexham, with 11 on target for Wrexham and 5 for Walsall.

Match stats

20 Shots 12

11 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Wrexham Walsall

Kick-off

William Boyle

1-0

8’

Ollie Palmer

2-0

20’

24’

Chris Hussey

2-1

Half-time2-1

Jake Bickerstaff

3-1

56’

Elliott Lee

4-1

85’

90+1’

Anthony Forde
Own goal

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Wrexham

Ollie Palmer

Walsall

Joe Foulkes
Oisin McEntee
Aramide Oteh

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Walsall attacking Wrexham attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Ben Foster	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Anthony Forde	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Eoghan O'Connell	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ben Tozer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
William Boyle	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jacob Mendy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Charles Jones	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Luke Young	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Elliott Lee Taken off	87′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ollie Palmer Taken off	73′	1	–	4	–	–	–
Jake Bickerstaff Taken off	72′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Billy Waters Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sam Dalby Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas O'Connor Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Owen Evans	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Williams	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Donervon Daniels	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Chris Hussey Taken off	68′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Joe Foulkes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oisin McEntee	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Stirk Taken off	68′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hutchinson	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Liam Gordon Taken off	83′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Freddie Draper Taken off	68′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Danny Johnson	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ross Tierney Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamille Matt Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aramide Oteh Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Allen Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Wrexham win 55% Avg odds 1.71

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.82

Walsall win 20% Avg odds 4.57

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

Form going into the game

Wrexham L D

Walsall L D W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Walsall 3-1 Wrexham, 29 Dec 23 All Wrexham vs Walsall 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.