Mansfield Town prolonged their exceptional begin to the season to 19 video games unbeaten in all competitions after a slim League Two house win over Walsall.
The house facet went forward after 16 minutes. A mix of goalkeeper Owen Evans and the crossbar saved out Aden Flint’s first header from a George Maris nook.
In the scramble that adopted, Davis Keillor-Dunn had a shot blocked earlier than Flint fired the ball house on the third time of asking.
Maris had a great effort deflect simply huge, whereas after 37 minutes, Evans needed to go all the way down to his left to maintain out a Keillor-Dunn end that was fired throughout him from a slim angle on the left.
Aaron Lewis despatched a terrific probability over from 12 yards inside two minutes of the restart.
But with their first shot on track of the sport, the Saddlers have been degree after 52 minutes. Tom Knowles drove down the correct and crossed low for Ryan Stirk to complete from 12 yards towards his former membership.
However, Jordan Bowery received it for Mansfield after 71 minutes with a primary-time end from Will Swan’s left-wing cross that discovered the web off the within of the publish.
Match report equipped by PA Media
Line-ups
Mansfield
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1Pym
- 9Bowery
- 14Flint
- 24BruntBooked at 38minutesSubstituted forCargillat 45′minutes
- 11MacDonald
- 15Lewis
- 25Reed
- 10MarisSubstituted forSwanat 63′minutes
- 8O ClarkeSubstituted forBoatengat 79′minutesBooked at 86minutes
- 40Keillor-Dunn
- 7AkinsSubstituted forGaleat 30′minutesBooked at 59minutes
Substitutes
- 2Johnson
- 6Cargill
- 12Gale
- 13Flinders
- 22Williams
- 26Swan
- 44Boateng
Walsall
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Evans
- 7Riley
- 2Okagbue
- 5Daniels
- 3Gordon
- 10KnowlesBooked at 40minutesSubstituted forAllenat 88′minutes
- 14ComleyBooked at 59minutes
- 25StirkSubstituted forMattat 82′minutes
- 8HutchinsonSubstituted forJames-Taylorat 78′minutes
- 26Tierney
- 39Johnson
Substitutes
- 9Matt
- 11James-Taylor
- 12Foulkes
- 21Allen
- 22Smith
- 42Griffiths
- Referee:
- David Rock
- Attendance:
- 7,641
Live Text
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Match ends, Mansfield Town 2, Walsall 1.
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Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 2, Walsall 1.
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Foul by Aden Flint (Mansfield Town).
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Owen Evans (Walsall) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Donervon Daniels.
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Substitution, Walsall. Taylor Allen replaces Tom Knowles.
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Attempt blocked. Hiram Boateng (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Will Swan.
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Hiram Boateng (Mansfield Town) is proven the yellow card for a foul foul.
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Foul by Hiram Boateng (Mansfield Town).
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Ross Tierney (Walsall) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Davis Keillor-Dunn (Mansfield Town) proper footed shot from the correct facet of the field is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Bowery.
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Attempt saved. Davis Keillor-Dunn (Mansfield Town) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is saved within the backside proper nook. Assisted by Louis Reed.
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Substitution, Walsall. Jamille Matt replaces Ryan Stirk.
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Substitution, Mansfield Town. Hiram Boateng replaces Ollie Clarke.
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Attempt missed. Ollie Clarke (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outdoors the field misses to the left. Assisted by Louis Reed.
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Substitution, Walsall. Douglas James-Taylor replaces Isaac Hutchinson.
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Attempt missed. Will Swan (Mansfield Town) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is shut, however misses to the correct. Assisted by Ollie Clarke with a headed move.
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Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Jordan Bowery.
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Attempt blocked. Danny Johnson (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Stirk.
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Goal! Mansfield Town 2, Walsall 1. Jordan Bowery (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the field to the centre of the objective. Assisted by Will Swan.
