Walsall beat Notts County 2-1 on Saturday afternoon in a match that shifted dramatically in its closing stages after the visitors had looked the more composed side for long periods.
County took the lead through an unnamed scorer on 22 minutes, a lead they carried into half-time following Aaron Pressley's booking on the stroke of the interval. Walsall drew level through Jodi Jones shortly after the restart, only for Matthew Dennis to restore County's advantage within two minutes. Conor Grant extended that lead to 3-1 on 55 minutes, and for a time it appeared Notts County would take the points comfortably.
The second half brought a flurry of changes on both sides. Rod McDonald and Keanan Bennetts came on for Walsall in the 57th and 58th minutes respectively, alongside Harald Tangen for County. Albert Adomah and Courtney Clarke followed in the 77th minute, with Oliver Norburn booked shortly before that.
Then came the collapse. Alexander Pattison and Jamille Matt both scored in the 88th minute to draw Walsall level at 3-3, before Keanan Bennetts and Harrison Burke traded late bookings in stoppage time. Jodi Jones, already on the scoresheet earlier, completed his brace in the 90th minute to give Walsall a 4-3 win.
County's failure to manage the final stages cost them a victory that had seemed theirs to take.
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