Wolves travelled just up the M6 to the Bescott stadium last night to take on local rivals Walsall. After a defeat on Saturday Wolves were again slow out of the blocks and the home side looked to be on top in the opening ten minutes. Until in the 12th minute a counter attacking move by Stephen Hunt broke down the wing got to the by-line before putting the ball in for Michael Kightly to nod home.
Walsall responded well with a few chances blasted over and didn’t really challenge Wayne Heynessey until on the 25th minute Jon Macken showed his experience to blast in a strike from 25 yards. The second half continued to be very close with chances at both ends but Wolves were the first to strike again when George Elokobi made one of his surging runs to square the ball to youngster Leigh Griffiths. But the lead didn’t last very long when two minutes later Wolves failed to clear from a corner and the ball fell to Will Grigg who equalised again just before half time.
Both teams changed their sides drastically at the beginning of the second half Wolves making four changes at half time then a further seven early on Walsall made six changes. The changing in teams had a much more positive impact on Wolves with new signing Rodger Johnson in charge of the back four. Matthew Jarvis was another player who made a big impact for a rejuvenated Wolves side and looked very dangerous down the left hand side. Wolves struck again in the 65th minute when a loose ball fell to Christophe Berra who fired it home for the winner and his first ever Wolves goal. From here Wolves took charge of the match and in the last 35 minutes they missed numerous chances the best fell to Andy Keogh who got his shot blocked by defender Andy Butler.
The game ended 3-2 with the 2,610 Wolves fans travelling back down the M6 happy making up half the crowd of 5,065.
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