CITY made it successive wins when they dug out a late 1-0 victory at Walsall.
T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER with all the match stats as well as his player ratings.
MAN OF THE MATCH
Richard O’Donnell continues to look a transformed keeper compared with last season and defied his old club with two excellent saves.
MOMENT OF THE MATCH
It was an ugly goal but worth its weight in gold as James Vaughan tussled with Walsall’s Liam Kinsella to turn home the bouncing ball from Harry Pritchard’s long throw.
MOAN OF THE MATCH
The game was poor quality at times, particularly in the first half, and City needed to up their intensity after the break.
TACTICS
Gary Bowyer kept the same side that started the Northampton game. Shay McCartan and Adam Henley both returned to the City bench.
REFEREE: Anthony Backhouse (Cumbria)
MATCH STATS
BOOKINGS: Jules (Walsall); Mellor (City)
ATTENDANCE: 4,649
SHOTS ON TARGET: Walsall 6, City 4
SHOTS OFF TARGET: Walsall 13, City 7
CORNERS: Walsall 2, City 6
FOULS COMMITTED: Walsall 11, City 14
PLAYER RATINGS
WALSALL: Roberts 7, Liddle 6, Clarke 6, Scarr 6, Jules 6 (Cockerill-Mollett 56min, 6), Sinclair 6, Holden 6 (Hardy 63min), Guthrie 7, Kinsella 6, Gaffney 6, Lavery 5 (Gordon 78min). Subs (not used): Sadler, Bates, McDonald, Rose.
CITY: O’Donnell 8, Mellor 6, P O’Connor 7, Richards-Everton 7, Wood 7, Connolly 7 (McCartan 65min), Devine 5 (Cooke 63min), Palmer 6, Pritchard 6, Vaughan 7, Donaldson 6. Subs (not used): A O’Connor, Anderson, Henley, Oteh, Hornby.
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