Match ends, Walsall 0, Scunthorpe United 0.
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Promotion-chasing Walsall have now gone five games without a victory after a stalemate with battling Scunthorpe.
Saddlers left-back Andy Taylor's drive was tipped over by Luke Daniels and Paddy Madden had a free-kick for the Iron saved in a quiet first half.
Both sides stepped up their game after the restart, but Milan Lalkovic was thwarted by Daniels and Scunthorpe's Conor Townsend dragged just wide.
Walsall's Kieron Morris hit the bar late on with an offside flag raised.
The Iron went close to winning it themselves when substitute Tom Hopper's shot was cleared off the line by Paul Downing.
Walsall, who have drawn three of their last four games in their current winless run, have now failed to win at Bescot in five attempts since the turn of the year.
Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll told BBC WM 95.6:
"Everybody has got to hold their nerve a little bit. We're in a position where nobody is going to come to the Bescot and roll over.
"It was a game where we tried to do the right things throughout the 90 minutes.
"A lot of the times it probably didn't quite come off for us. But nobody's head went. They're an honest bunch of players and we've shown that."
Scunthorpe manager Nick Daws told BBC Radio Humberside:
"We were really quick out of the traps but we then seemed to indulge ourselves a little bit in possession of the football because we were allowed to do so. It kind of came away from how we have played in the last six games.
"We were playing against a good side so I'm slightly disappointed with the first half and we spoke about it at half-time. We asked them to put it right.
"We asked them to deal with the issues that we knew Walsall would cause us a problem and, in the second half, we did it well."
Line-ups
Walsall
Formation 4-3-2-1
- 1Etheridge
- 2Demetriou
- 6Downing
- 4O'Connor
- 3Taylor
- 7Chambers
- 12FordeSubstituted forHenryat 71'minutes
- 8Mantom
- 9Bradshaw
- 15LalkovicSubstituted forMorrisat 71'minutes
- 10Sawyers
Substitutes
- 14Henry
- 16Preston
- 17Flanagan
- 18Morris
- 21Cook
- 23Roberts
- 27Morris
Scunthorpe
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Daniels
- 33ClarkeSubstituted forWisemanat 84'minutes
- 5Mirfin
- 23M Wallace
- 17Townsend
- 15Dawson
- 12Bishop
- 26Ness
- 9Madden
- 14LuerSubstituted forHopperat 45'minutes
- 11O'BrienSubstituted forMcSheffreyat 80'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Wiseman
- 3Laird
- 13Anyon
- 18King
- 22Hopper
- 28McSheffrey
- 29Wootton
- Referee:
- Geoff Eltringham
- Attendance:
- 3,868
Match Stats
Home TeamWalsallAway TeamScunthorpe
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away2
- Corners
- Home9
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away13
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Second Half ends, Walsall 0, Scunthorpe United 0.
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Rico Henry (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
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Kieron Morris (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United).
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Foul by Jason Demetriou (Walsall).
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Conor Townsend (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Hand ball by Gary McSheffrey (Scunthorpe United).
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Foul by Rico Henry (Walsall).
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Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Kieron Morris (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Foul by James O'Connor (Walsall).
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Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Rico Henry (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United).
Substitution
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Scott Wiseman replaces Jordan Clarke.
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Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Andy Taylor (Walsall).
