We welcome Championship high flyers Brighton to The Banks’s Stadium as we aim to pull off another Giant Killing in the Capital One Cup Second Round.
Vital Quotes:
Pre match quotes will appear here later.
Walsall Team News:
Walsall have no fresh injury worries.
Will be interesting to see if Walsall boss Dean Smith continues with his normal Tuesday line up that faced both Nottingham Forest and Rochdale.
Player to watch: Tom Bradshaw
Picking him as player to watch is getting boring, right? But the man just cannot stop scoring. He added another goal to his tally on Saturday to take his career goal tally to twenty five in just forty one appearances for the Saddlers.
Brighton Team News:
Chris Hughton has a full squad to choose from.
Player to watch: Kazenga Lua Lua
Lua Lua has scored three goals in the league and also scored one in their first round win at Southend. The former Newcastle man will cause the Saddlers problems with his pace and trickery.
Match Facts & Stats
Both Walsall and Brighton are undefeated so far this season and both occupy second position in both their respective leagues.
The sides have never met in the League Cup although they are very familiar opponents in the FA Cup with playing each other on seven occasions – Saddlers winning two, drawing four and losing one.
The Saddlers have lost their last three matches against the Seagulls.
Ref Watch:
The match officials for our Capital One Cup Second Round tie v Brighton (H) on Tuesday 25th August have been announced today.
They are as follows –
Referee – Mr P Bankes
Linesmen – Ryan Johnson and Adam Matthews
4th Official – Nicholas Hopton
Mr Bankes (Merseyside) most recent match involving the Saddlers was our 0-0 home draw with Peterborough in November last year.
Last season Bankes issued one hundred and six yellow cards, six red cards and awarded four penalties.
Match Prediction:
Will we ever lose? If you could guarantee three points at Blackpool as a sacrifice then I would take a loss tomorrow evening however given how the Saddlers are playing at present – another giant killing may be in the offering.
2-1 Walsall – Bradshaw and Milan.
Next Fixtures:
29.08.15 – Blackpool v WALSALL
