Match ends, Walsall 1, Stevenage 1.
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Josh Gordon climbed off the bench after two months out injured to rescue a point for Walsall with a stoppage-time penalty against Stevenage.
Gordon, out since October with a knee injury, fired his spot-kick straight down the middle off the crossbar to cancel out Aramide Oteh's similarly-struck earlier penalty for the visitors.
Walsall bossed the first half but Wes McDonald wasted their best chance, slicing wide from eight yards after Stevenage keeper Jamie Cumming punched a cross straight to him.
Charlie Carter hit the side-netting for the visitors right on half-time but they led through Oteh in the 50th minute after Emmanuel Osadebe's backpass sold Jack Rose short and the keeper felled Tom Pett.
Cumming made a smart save from Gordon's near-post flick to keep them ahead and Stevenage almost added a second as Scott Cuthbert flashed a header just wide from a corner.
But Cuthbert then swiped Gordon's feet from under him in added time and the striker converted to deny Stevenage back-to-back league wins for the first time since May 2019.
Match report supplied by PA Media
Line-ups
Walsall
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 13Rose
- 2Norman
- 6Scarr
- 5J Clarke
- 3Jules
- 28ScrimshawSubstituted forGordonat 59'minutes
- 8Kinsella
- 12BatesSubstituted forGuthrieat 59'minutes
- 15McDonald
- 23OsadebeSubstituted forNolanat 58'minutes
- 11AdebayoSubstituted forLaveryat 59'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Roberts
- 7Sinclair
- 9Lavery
- 10Gordon
- 16Guthrie
- 17Nolan
- 24White
Stevenage
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1Cumming
- 2Wildin
- 5Cuthbert
- 6ProsserBooked at 90mins
- 12HuttonBooked at 67mins
- 23Smith
- 7CarterSubstituted forCokerat 85'minutes
- 4Vincelot
- 26Pett
- 11NewtonBooked at 90mins
- 28OtehSubstituted forListat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Coker
- 10Marsh
- 13Johnson
- 15Vancooten
- 16Iontton
- 17List
- 19Read
- Referee:
- Marc Edwards
Match Stats
Home TeamWalsallAway TeamStevenage
- Possession
- Home65%
- Away35%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away1
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Walsall 1, Stevenage 1.
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Foul by Jack Nolan (Walsall).
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Ben Coker (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Caolan Lavery (Walsall).
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Luther Wildin (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Danny Newton (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Liam Kinsella (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Danny Newton (Stevenage).
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Goal! Walsall 1, Stevenage 1. Josh Gordon (Walsall) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Booking
Luke Prosser (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
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Penalty Walsall. Josh Gordon draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Scott Cuthbert (Stevenage) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Foul by Jack Nolan (Walsall).
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Romain Vincelot (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Stevenage. Ben Coker replaces Charlie Carter.
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Attempt blocked. Cameron Norman (Walsall) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wesley McDonald with a cross.
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James Clarke (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Danny Newton (Stevenage).
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Cameron Norman.
