Match ends, Yeovil Town 0, Walsall 1.
YeovilYeovil Town0WalsallWalsall1
Walsall rallied from successive defeats to win a game of two missed penalties at League One bottom club Yeovil.
Tom Bradshaw had a first-half spot-kick saved by Yeovil keeper Scott Loach, who had brought down on-loan Jordy Hiwula.
But, within three minutes, Hiwula hit the only goal of the game, cutting in from the left before firing past Loach.
Yeovil were awarded a penalty too when Ben Purkiss felled Joel Grant, but substitute Adam Morgan saw his spot-kick saved by Richard O'Donnell.
Yeovil remain six points from safety, while Walsall, who were missing both Jordan Cook and Anthony Forde with groin injuries, move back to within five points of the play-offs.
Walsall manager Dean Smith told BBC WM:
"It was one of those days where the ball didn't go in the back of the net as often as it should, but it was a good performance on a fantastic surface.
"We were excellent in the first half. We should have been out of sight at the break. We knew it would be different in the second half and they had chances.
"Both keepers had saves to make but it would have been a travesty had we not taken home all three points. We got the three points in the end and that's all that mattered."
Line-ups
Yeovil
Formation 3-5-2
- 21Loach
- 13MooreBooked at 75mins
- 35KingsleySubstituted forRalphat 12'minutesSubstituted forGrantat 58'minutes
- 27Webster
- 32Shephard
- 11Foley
- 8Berrett
- 30SheehanBooked at 70mins
- 19DavisBooked at 45mins
- 9HayterSubstituted forMorganat 58'minutes
- 25Ugwu
Substitutes
- 14Hoskins
- 15Ofori-Twumasi
- 16Ralph
- 17Grant
- 22Stewart
- 24Eastmond
- 31Morgan
Walsall
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1O'Donnell
- 2PurkissBooked at 71mins
- 6DowningBooked at 60mins
- 15Chambers
- 3Taylor
- 7Chambers
- 17FlanaganSubstituted forCainat 89'minutes
- 11BaxendaleBooked at 76minsSubstituted forGrimesat 78'minutes
- 10Sawyers
- 30Hiwula-Mayifuila
- 9Bradshaw
Substitutes
- 4O'Connor
- 12Cain
- 13MacGillivray
- 16Preston
- 20Bakayoko
- 22Kinsella
- 24Grimes
- Referee:
- Charles Breakspear
- Attendance:
- 3,668
Match Stats
Home TeamYeovilAway TeamWalsall
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away19
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away7
- Corners
- Home11
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 0, Walsall 1.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Richard O'Donnell.
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Attempt saved. Adam Morgan (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Sam Foley (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Walsall).
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Foul by Joel Grant (Yeovil Town).
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Ashley Grimes (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt saved. Ashley Grimes (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Sam Foley (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Walsall).
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Substitution, Walsall. Michael Cain replaces Reece Flanagan.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Richard O'Donnell.
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Attempt saved. Byron Webster (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Adam Chambers.
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Attempt saved. Josh Sheehan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Kieffer Moore.
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Sam Foley (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ashley Grimes (Walsall).
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Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Scott Loach.
