Saturday will be City’s 21st visit to Walsall for a league and cup fixture.
City have won six times on their trips to Walsall, lost eight times with six draws, scoring 23 goals compared to 34 for Walsall.
At the Bescot Stadium in six matches, City have four wins, a draw and a defeat
City’s last win at Walsall was the 2-0 win last season on January 3rd 2015 with a stunner from Jim O’Brien firing City ahead in the fifth minute and one from Marcus Tudgay in the 87th minute.
The teams that day were:
City: Allsop, Pennington, Phillips (Finch 77), Willis, Haynes, C.Thomas, Fleck, O'Brien, Jackson (Barton 79), Nouble. Tudgay. Subs: Burge, Webster, Swanson, Maddison, G.Thomas.
Walsall: O'Donnell,Taylor, O'Connor, Downing, A. Chambers. Baxendale (Benning 66), Cain, J.Chambers (Pukiss 72), Forde (Manset 83), Bradshaw. Sawyers. Subs: Flanagan, Grimes. Henry, MacGillvary.