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Walsall

1 — 6 Sep 22, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Stevenage

EFL Trophy Southern Grp. B · Round 1

Venue Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium, Walsall, West Midlands

Referee Robert Massey-Ellis

Attendance 1,205

Player of the Match Michael Mellon 9.7 79' played

Match Events

11' Away ⚽ Michael Mellon — 0-1

17' Home ⚽ Lewis Simper — 1-1

29' Away ⚽ Wanya Marçal — 1-2

32' Away ⚽ Jordan Houghton — 1-3

42' Away ⚽ Michael Mellon — 1-4

HT

58' Away ⚽ Michael Mellon — 1-5

63' Away ⚽ Ben Broggio — 1-6

FT

Match Stats

41 59

Ball possession

7 22

Total shots

1 11

Shots on target

15 39

Touches in opposition box

1 7

Big chances

0 3

Big chances missed

323 (82%) 494 (86%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

3 9

Corners

Lineups

Walsall (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

31 Tom Wooster 5.3

20 Roman Dixon 5.7

5 Harrison Burke 3.5

26 Ryan Leak 5.1

29 James Furlong 5

8 Charlie Crew 5.9

48 Archie Bunn ↗ 5.6

37 Albert Adomah 7.7

33 Will Etheridge 5.3

10 Lewis Simper 7.1

9 Andrew Dallas 6.1

Substitutes

1 Jed Ward

30 Stan Straw 6.2

57 Ryan Sjoerdsma 6.2

15 Isaac Moore 6.5

7 Tai Sodje 6.1

46 Andrew Harris ↗ 6.7

56 Jaden Kandemiri ↗

Stevenage (4-4-2)

Starting XI

12 Daniel Barden 6

2 Luther Wildin 7.5

16 Kaelan Casey 7.9

5 Carl Piergianni 6.9

14 Saxon Earley 6.5

25 Wanya Marçal 8.8

24 Matthew Smith 8.5

4 Jordan Houghton 8.9

44 Phoenix Patterson 7.4

28 Michael Mellon 9.7

27 Ben Broggio 7.9

Substitutes

36 Max Woodford

39 Alfie Thornett ↗ 6.1

23 Louis Thompson 6.5

10 Dan Kemp 6.4

20 Chem Campbell 6.4

18 Oliver Sanderson

19 Tuğra Turhan 6.2