Walsall vs Accrington Stanley · League Two
Walsall
2-2-0
3 – 2
FT
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Accrington Stanley
0-2-2
Bescot Stadium · Walsall · England
One goal separated them as Walsall beat Accrington Stanley 3-2 at Bescot Stadium. Reece Smith scored first for Walsall at the 8-minute mark and the equaliser came from Josh Woods after 12 minutes; Harrison Burke scored the winner in added time before the break and it went to 3-1 when Aaron Pressley scored after 53 minutes. A goal from Stefan Mols at the 57-minute mark cut it to 3-2. The game had seven yellow cards from William Davis. With 62% of possession, Walsall had 16 attempts against 22 from Accrington. Accrington hit the target 6 times from 22 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Bescot Stadium · Walsall · England
- Referee
- William Davis (Referee)
- Walsall form
- DDWDD
- Accrington form
- WDWDW
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Accrington | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
8Fouls18
4Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides2
4Corner Kicks5
3Saves2
62.1%Possession37.9%
16Shots22
5On Goal6
30%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
360Accurate Passes175
485Passes281
70%Pass Completion %60%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
5Blocked Shots6
6Effective Tackles5
8Tackles16
80%Tackle %30%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
29Clearances18
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
90'+9'
🟨Seamus Conneely
🔁Charlie Crewreplacing Isaac Moore
90'+3'
🟨Elicha Ahui
90'+1'
🔁Albert Adomahreplacing Reece Smith
86'
🟨Declan Skura
79'
78'
🔁David Tutondareplacing Tom Moore
🟨Isaac Moore
75'
75'
🟨Tyler Walton
🔁Andrew Dallasreplacing Tai Sodje
73'
🔁Lewis Simperreplacing Courtney Clarke
73'
60'
🟨Liam Coyle
57'3 - 2
⚽Stefan Mols
55'
🔁Tyler Waltonreplacing Shaun Whalley
55'
🔁Stefan Molsreplacing Alex Henderson
55'
🔁Liam Coylereplacing Seamus Conneely
⚽Aaron Pressley
53'3 - 1
🟨Sven Sprangler
49'
🔁Elicha Ahuireplacing Rico Browne
45'
Half-time · 2-1
⚽Harrison Burke
45'+6'2 - 1
12'1 - 1
⚽Josh Woods
⚽Reece Smith
8'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Walsall4-2-3-1
19⚽Pressley
11⚽↓Smith
7↓Sodje
17↓Clarke
6🟨Sprangler
15🟨↓Moore
3Hancock
25🟨Skura
2↓Browne
5⚽Burke
1Ward
Bench
- 8Charlie Crewon for Isaac Moore, 90'+3'
- 31Tom Wooster
- 22Elicha Ahuion for Rico Browne, 45' 🟨
- 9Andrew Dallason for Tai Sodje, 73'
- 10Lewis Simperon for Courtney Clarke, 73'
- 37Albert Adomahon for Reece Smith, 86'
- 29James Furlong
Accrington Stanley3-4-1-2
18Caton
39⚽Woods
7↓Whalley
22Anderson
10↓Henderson
2Love
28🟨↓Conneely
17Matthews
5Rawson
4↓Moore
1Moulden
Bench
- 8Conor Grant
- 6Liam Coyleon for Seamus Conneely, 55' 🟨
- 14Stefan Molson for Alex Henderson, 55' ⚽
- 21James Rogerson
- 23Tyler Waltonon for Shaun Whalley, 55' 🟨
- 20Charlie Brown
- 33David Tutondaon for Tom Moore, 78'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 25 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 22 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +9 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
2Walsall wins
2Level
1Accrington wins
Last times they met
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0–1
Accrington · 2024-25 English League Two
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Form
Last games: Walsall
L3-1W1-0W3-0D0-0L0-0
Last games: Accrington
D3-3L3-0L2-1D2-2L2-0
