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Fleetwood 2 Walsall 0 - George Bennett analysis

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00:00Hi Sadler's fans. I'm just on my way home from Fleetwood where Walsall have suffered a 2-0 defeat at the Highbury Stadium.

00:11So that's now back-to-back defeats for Walsall in League Two for the first time this season.

00:19And Matt Sadler made two changes from the 3-0 defeat at Bradford City on Saturday.

00:26Jamie Jellis returned after missing the previous outing due to illness.

00:33Charlie Lakin dropped to the bench.

00:36And Ethan Wheatley was handed his full debut.

00:40The Manchester United loney who arrived on Saturday morning had a cameo from the bench at Bradford.

00:47But he was handed his first start for the club tonight.

00:52With Jamil Matt out injured.

00:55And Matt Sadler spoke about the injury after the game.

00:57Still says he doesn't expect it to be serious.

01:01He picked up a hamstring problem which was what forced him off at Bradford.

01:06And the 35-year-old will be monitored ahead of the weekend.

01:11So still unclear whether he will be available for the visit of Salford on Saturday.

01:17But on to the game. Walsall actually started on the front foot for the first 10 minutes.

01:22But it was defending from set-pieces which proved their undoing.

01:27And Mackenzie Hunt's delightful free-kick delivery from the left-hand side.

01:37Was headed in by Sean Rooney.

01:40In off the post to beat Tommy Simpkin.

01:43That was after 12 minutes.

01:45Five minutes later Fleetwood had doubled their advantage once again.

01:49Mackenzie Hunt with the delivery drove a corner into the box.

01:53And James Bolton was there to come in and sweep his finish beyond the reach of Tommy Simpkin.

02:00And Fleetwood continued to threaten from set-pieces.

02:04And had other chances to extend their advantage in that first half.

02:08Walsall had a couple of themselves.

02:11Liam Gordon was probably the brightest performer for Walsall on an evening where there were very few stand-out performers.

02:19And the ball really struggled to stick for them.

02:23They lacked an outlet up front.

02:26It was a difficult evening actually for Ethan Wheatley.

02:30But they did improve after the break.

02:33Liam Gordon had an effort at the back post which he headed over.

02:37Couldn't keep his header quite down.

02:40Josh Gordon came on.

02:42He was a bright spark.

02:44Pressed from the front.

02:46A nice run in behind as he kind of latched on to Ryan Stokes.

02:50Threw ball down the inside left channel and forced a save from the goalkeeper.

02:55Wheatley also stunned the palms of Lynch between the sticks for Fleetwood.

03:00But really there was very little sign of a fight back.

03:04And ultimately Walsall succumbed to a second defeat on the spin.

03:09It's important now that this is purely a blip rather than anything more serious than that.

03:15Walsall do still boast an 11 point lead at the top.

03:19So that 12 point lead that they boasted at the start of the evening has only been cut down by just a single point.

Fleetwood 2 Walsall 0 - George Bennett analysis

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