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Saturday 17 January 2026 · 12:30 · HT 0-2 · Referee Darren Drysdale

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Tranmere Rovers's last 10 home games and Walsall's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 20, with 8.9 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Tranmere Rovers v Walsall, full match

64%

Possession

36%

0.71

Expected goals (xG)

1.35

11

Shots

8

2

Shots on target

4

3

Corners

10

12

Fouls

11

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

38'

Goal

Priestley Farquharson WAL

43'

Yellow card

Connor Barrett WAL

45'

Goal

Daniel Kanu WAL

65'

Goal

Jamille Matt WAL

81'

Yellow card

Sam Finley TRA

90'

Goal

Joe Ironside TRA

90+4'

Yellow card

Kacper Łopata WAL

At a glance

Tranmere Rovers

21st in the table

L

W

L

W

L

Walsall

13th in the table

L

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Tranmere Rovers's home games and Walsall's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Tranmere Rovers's last 10 home games and Walsall's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

10/20 games · League 55%

Tranmere Rovers clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Walsall clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Tranmere Rovers fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Walsall fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.4

League 2.6

Corners

8.9

League 9.8

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Tranmere Rovers

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

12

Jack Barrett

DEFENDERS

5

14

15

23

30

MIDFIELDERS

6

Richard Smallwood

7

Charlie Whitaker

8

Sam Finley

FORWARDS

18

Connor Jennings

27

Dylan Jones

SUBSTITUTES

2

3

42

9

10

29

Walsall

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Myles Roberts

DEFENDERS

2

Connor Barrett

4

Aden Flint

6

Priestley Farquharson

18

Vincent Harper

30

Evan Weir

MIDFIELDERS

14

Brandon Comley

22

Jamie Jellis

23

Alex Pattison

FORWARDS

9

Jamille Matt

15

Daniel Kanu

SUBSTITUTES

12

35

8

17

31

11

37

Referee: Darren Drysdale

10 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.5

Red cards per game

0.20

Fouls per game

23.7

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.30

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

TRA

WAL

Match

League

Goals per match

3.1

2.3

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

96%

24/25

96%

23/24

96%

47/49

95%

Over 1.5

92%

23/25

63%

15/24

78%

38/49

75%

Over 2.5

56%

14/25

38%

9/24

47%

23/49

47%

Over 3.5

40%

10/25

17%

4/24

29%

14/49

28%

Over 4.5

20%

5/25

8%

2/24

14%

7/49

11%

Bet

TRA

WAL

Match

League

Yes

68%

17/25

50%

12/24

59%

29/49

55%

Yes and win

12%

3/25

29%

7/24

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

48%

12/25

38%

9/24

43%

21/49

41%

Yes and draw

28%

7/25

13%

3/24

20%

10/49

22%

Yes and loss

28%

7/25

8%

2/24

16%

Yes in both halves

12%

3/25

4%

1/24

8%

4/49

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Bet

TRA

WAL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.8

9.2

9.5

9.7

Over 7.5

80%

20/25

67%

16/24

73%

36/49

72%

Over 8.5

64%

16/25

54%

13/24

59%

29/49

62%

Over 9.5

52%

13/25

42%

10/24

47%

23/49

51%

Over 10.5

32%

8/25

33%

8/24

33%

16/49

38%

Over 11.5

20%

5/25

21%

5/24

20%

10/49

25%

Over 12.5

16%

4/25

13%

3/24

14%

7/49

20%

Referee Darren Drysdale: 3.6 cards and 23.7 fouls per game in 10 games this season

Bet

TRA

WAL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.5

3.9

4.2

4.1

Over 2.5

88%

22/25

83%

20/24

86%

42/49

79%

Over 3.5

72%

18/25

58%

14/24

65%

32/49

60%

Over 4.5

56%

14/25

33%

8/24

45%

22/49

41%

Over 5.5

32%

8/25

21%

5/24

27%

13/49

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Daniel Kanu

19 starts · 0.6 per 90

21%

4/19

53%

10/19

0%

0/19

0%

0/19

Charlie Whitaker

21 starts · 0.4 per 90

19%

4/21

33%

7/21

5%

1/21

0%

0/21

Connor Jennings

10 starts · 0.5 per 90

20%

2/10

30%

3/10

10%

1/10

0%

0/10

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.