Walsall 0 Yeovil 1
Walsall were KO'd by former loanee Sam Williams as Yeovil's early sucker punch floored the Saddlers at the Banks's Stadium.
Walsall were KO'd by former loanee Sam Williams as Yeovil's early sucker punch floored the Saddlers at the Banks's Stadium.
Williams' fifth minute goal – after goalkeeper Clayton Ince spilled Gavin Tomlin's cross – gave the visitors only their third away win of the season and ended the Saddlers' hopes of claiming three successive wins.
Troy Deeney came close in the second-half, but Yeovil were comfortable victors.
Sam Adkins made his home debut for Walsall, but there was little to take from a desperately disappointing performance.
Dean Bowditch had already gone close before Williams stabbed in from six yards, after a mix-up between Ince and Manny Smith.
The Saddlers further struggled to impose themselves, as Yeovil held them off.
A lacklustre first-half was followed by a frustrating second with Walsall failing to seriously test Alex McCarthy in the away goal.
Williams fired over after Ince had saved from Bowditch before Deeney and Alex Nicholls were off target, as the home side couldn't find the equaliser.
