Walsall v Carlisle: Brian Halford's match preview and stats
The tale of the tape...
WHO’S HOT: Jimmy Walker – excellent saves against Fleetwood to keep Walsall in the Cup.
WHO’S NOT: Jimmy Walker – but if the ref had seen that off-the-ball incident – down to ten men, three-match ban – what a shocker that would have been.
LAST FIVE GAMES
WALSALL............................................LLDLW
CARLISLE.......................................DWWWW
WALSALL (from): Walker, Westlake, Lescott, Smith, Butler, McDonald, Lancashire, Richards, Taundry, Jones, Devaney, Gray, Dickinson, Reid, Macken, Brain, Marshall, Grigg, Geddes. Suspended: McGivern (third of three). Injured: Byfield (knee).
THE OPPOSITION: Carlisle have scored 14 goals in their last four games, albeit all at home. Greg Abbot has wielded them into a dangerous attacking force but they haven’t won at Walsall since 1994.
Referee: B Malone (Wiltshire).
■ FORECAST: Brian Halford..........Walsall win.
