Saddlers look to give Stoke another lesson.


By 4two
October 31 2002

The Saddlers face a Stoke Side who are Managerless, debt ridden and on a road to nowhere. The Last 3 encounters at Bescot have seen Stoke given footballing lessons by their little neighbors from down the road. This weekends game should provide us with another exciting encounter ! Walsall Vs Notts Forest

Walsall Vs Crystal Palace

Venue : The Bescot Stadium, Walsall

WalsallCoventry City
Competition : Nationwide League Division 1.
Date & Time: 2.11.02 - 3:00pm
Ticket Availability: Stoke Will sell their allocation. It is not all ticket for Saddlers Fans. But expect a big turn out. Anywhere between 6500 and 8000.
Walsall Team News: Walker (Suspended), Ward to deputise. O'Connor (Doubtful), Sonner expected to step in.  
Stoke Team News:  Hoekstra (Doubtful) Greenacre to be on the bench again. Pony Pullis Favourite for the managers job, no announcement before Saturday.

Last Meeting: 16.5.2002 (Div 2 - P'Offs) Saddlers 4-2 Stoke
Walsall League Position: 19th (Div 1)
Stoke Position:    21st(Div 1)
Soccer-stat.com is the premier source for football statistics all UK football

Last 10 Results


Walsall       Stoke City
Ven Versus Pos
H 3 - 4 Crystal Palace L 15
A 0 - 0 Coventry D 7
H 3 - 3 Preston D 18
A 1 - 2 Burnley L 12
A 2 - 2 Derby D 9
H 1 - 0 Sheff Wed W 20
A 3 - 0 Millwall W 18
H 3 - 4 Rotherham L 8
H 0 - 1 Bradford L 9
A 0 - 2 Watford L 16
Ven Versus Pos
H 1 - 2 Watford L 5
A 0 - 4 Rotherham L 9
A 1 - 2 Sheff United L 4
H 0 - 2 Wolves L 14
H 1 - 1 Crystal Palace D 16
A 1 - 1 Reading D 11
H 2 - 2 Nottm Forest D 7
H 2 - 1 Ipswich W 14
A 2 - 1 Brighton W 23
A 1 - 2 Burnley L 23



Records Comparison


2-1 vs Nottm Forest Biggest Home Win 5-0 vs Cambridge
3-0 vs Millwall Biggest Away Win 3-0 vs Swindon
0-2 vs Ipswich, Reading Heaviest Home Defeat 1-2 vs Tranmere
1-3 vs Wolves Heaviest Away Defeat 1-6 vs Wigan
22 Players Used 33
4 Clean Sheets 20
5 Failed To Score 11
2 Best Winning Sequence 4
3 Best Unbeaten Sequence 10
4 Worst Losing Sequence 2
5 Worst Sequence With No Win 4

    © 2001 soccer-stats.com All rights reserved. Disclaimer  Site Design by Enzyme

 
Walsall Man to Watch: Darren Ward, first start for the Saddlers, against his old club.
Palace City to Watch: Tommy Mooney, On loan Bluenose, a proven finisher.
The Verdict:  Tuesdays events bought everyone back down to earth, and gave everyone a reality check as to where we stand this season. We are going to be aiming mid table, and need to pick up more points at home. Their is a question as to whether we can score goals and keep a clean sheet. If we can strike this happy medium, we will start picking up a few more wins and pull our safe up to the zone of security. Walsall Vs Stoke is a good fixture. Lots of passion, and a few scores to settle this time around after the hammering they took last time round. Lee and the fans will not accept another performance like that from the defence, and with Ward being new to the line up, we cannot expect things to run as smoothly as they would with Jimmy. Still, Stoke always get done over by the Saddlers.
PREDICTION: Walsall 4-0 Stoke City

 

Bookmark or share this story with: