Live updates from Edgar Street as Walsall go to Hereford in League One.
16.52: Saddlers held but they extend their unbeaten run to four games.
16.46: Deeney on to replace Ricketts.
16.40: It’s a game short on real chances - heading for a goalless draw at the moment.
16.32: The home side have come more and more into the game and are now nearly matching the visitors in terms of possession.
16.30: Jimmy Mullen makes a tactical change bringing on Demontagnac for Nicholls.
16.24: Scare for Saddlers as Williams sends his header just wide of Ince’s post. really, he should have done better.
16.20: Gerrard has picked up an ankle injury but better news is that Walsall have upped the pressure forcing successive corners but not managing to create a clear-cut chance.
16.15: Mattis booked for a foul on Hudson-Odoi.
16.12: No chances early on in the second half - Saddlers need to raise their game to break the Hereford defence.
15.46: All square at half-time at the Banks’s Stadium.
15.32: Ricketts sends his free kick wide right after Ibehre had been fouled.
15.29: Saddlers gradually starting to turn the screw and force a number of attacking throw-ins but couldn’t create a serious scoring opportunity.
15.23: Mattis had to make a big clearance from a Hereford corner.
15.20: Nicholls with another chance for the visitors but drills his shot over the bar.
15.18: Too much scrappy play in the centre of midfield at the moment.
15.15: Saddlers though are on top in terms of possession.
15.11: Despite being bottom of the table Hereford are matching the in-form Saddlers, largely through good work-rate.
15.06: Nicholls has first siight of goal for the Saddlers but slices his shot wide.
15.00: We’re underway at Edgar Street.
14:30: Teams in at Edgar Street: - Jimmy Mullen names an unchanged side.
Hereford: Randolph, Jackson, Broadhurst, N’Gotty, Rose, O’Leary, Diagouraga, Taylor, Hudson-Odoi, Ashikodi, Williams.
Subs: Samson, Easton, Done, Johnson, Beckwith.
Walsall: Ince, Palmer, Roberts, Gerrard, Boertien, Taundry, Hughes, Mattis, Nicholls, Ibehre, Ricketts.
Subs: Gilmartin, Demontagnac, Deeney, Smith, Reich.
Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire)
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