Walsall 1-4 Scunthorpe United

Walsall suffered a third successive home league defeat as Scunthorpe earned a comfortable victory.

James Chambers smashed an attempted clearance into his own net and debutant Tom Hopper's clever shot gave the Iron a 2-0 half-time lead.

Michael Cain's low drive pulled one back for Walsall but Paddy Madden notched a third from the penalty spot following a foul on Neal Bishop.

Bishop's close-range shot then sealed an easy victory for the visitors.

Scunthorpe United boss Mark Robins told BBC Radio Humberside:

"Eventually it became a convincing performance and a convincing win but I thought, like I said before the game, Walsall had a good team and they are a good team.

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Robins on Walsall v Scunthorpe

"I think we caught them at a decent time, when they've put a lot of energy in against Preston the other night.

"We had A game as well on the Tuesday night, we've had an extra days' recovery but I think to their credit Walsall try and play the right way.

"it was really, really difficult to play football today in the conditions and the pitch out there, but Walsall try and do it and they do it really well.

"They caused us problems and got into good shooting opportunities and did manage to take one. And then we got a grip of the game and ended up convincing winners, but it wasn't by no means an easy afternoon."

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Line-ups

Walsall

• 1O'Donnell
• 4O'Connor
• 6Downing
• 15Chambers
• 3TaylorBooked at 30mins
• 27FordeSubstituted forGrimesat 72'minutes
• 12Cain
• 7ChambersBooked at 37mins
• 21CookSubstituted forFlanaganat 72'minutes
• 10SawyersSubstituted forMansetat 77'minutes
• 9Bradshaw

Substitutes

• 2Purkiss
• 11Baxendale
• 13MacGillivray
• 14Benning
• 17Flanagan
• 24Grimes
• 37Manset

Scunthorpe

• 1Slocombe
• 37Davey
• 32Llera
• 25BoyceBooked at 12mins
• 30WilliamsSubstituted forNolanat 84'minutes
• 22O'Neil
• 12Bishop
• 24MurphySubstituted forMcAllisterat 58'minutes
• 28McSheffrey
• 9MaddenSubstituted forAdelakunat 80'minutes
• 34Hopper

Substitutes

• 2Nolan
• 4McAllister
• 6Canavan
• 14Hawkridge
• 16Adelakun
• 19Taylor
• 21Weaver

Referee:

Lee Collins

Attendance:

3,738

Match Stats

Home TeamWalsallAway TeamScunthorpe

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home18

Away5

Shots on Target

Home6

Away3

Corners

Home4

Away2

Fouls

Home15

Away7

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Walsall 1, Scunthorpe United 4.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Walsall 1, Scunthorpe United 4.

Posted at 90'+4'

Tom Bradshaw (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Andrew Boyce (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Hakeeb Adelakun.

Posted at 90'+1'

Hand ball by James Chambers (Walsall).

Posted at 87'

Foul by Andy Taylor (Walsall).

Posted at 87'

Hakeeb Adelakun (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Ashley Grimes (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 86'

(Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United).

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Eddie Nolan replaces Marcus Williams because of an injury.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Miguel Angel Llera.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Hakeeb Adelakun replaces Paddy Madden.

Posted at 80'

Attempt missed. Michael Cain (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 78'

Attempt saved. Reece Flanagan (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Walsall. Mathieu Manset replaces Romaine Sawyers.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Andy Taylor.

Posted at 75'

Romaine Sawyers (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Alex Davey (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 73'

Foul by Reece Flanagan (Walsall).

Posted at 73'

Liam O'Neil (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 72'

Substitution, Walsall. Reece Flanagan replaces Jordan Cook.

Substitution

Posted at 72'

Substitution, Walsall. Ashley Grimes replaces Anthony Forde.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Adam Chambers (Walsall) header from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Miguel Angel Llera.

Posted at 70'

Attempt saved. Romaine Sawyers (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 69'

Michael Cain (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Liam O'Neil (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 67'

Foul by James Chambers (Walsall).

Posted at 67'

Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Goal!

Posted at 65'

Goal! Walsall 1, Scunthorpe United 4. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Hopper.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Walsall).

Posted at 65'

Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Goal!

Posted at 63'

Goal! Walsall 1, Scunthorpe United 3. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 63'

Penalty conceded by Paul Downing (Walsall) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 63'

Penalty Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 62'

Foul by James O'Connor (Walsall).

Posted at 62'

Gary McSheffrey (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 59'

Liam O'Neil (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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