Cheltenham Town 2 Walsall 2: Saddlers drop points after blowing a two-goal lead
Walsall blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Cheltenham Town in Mat Sadler's 100 game in charge at the EV Charger Points Stadium.
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Ellis Harrison opened the scoring inside the opening 60 seconds when he pounced on Oisin McEntee's parried header at the back post to score his second goal for the club.
Albert Adomah came off the bench to double Walsall's lead after capitalising on an error from Sam Stubbs to score his 99th professional goal.
But former Saddlers striker George Miller halved the deficit in the final minute of normal time and Jordan Thomas salvaged a point for the Robins in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
Sadler faced predecessor Michael Flynn on his 100th game in charge of Walsall and named an unchanged XI from the 2-0 win at Morecambe on Saturday.
Cheltenham had won each of their last three home games before kick-off and were also unchanged from their 3-0 win at Newport County on the weekend.
It took less than 60 seconds for Walsall to hit the front when Harrison pounced at the back post to prod home from a matter of yards.
Jamie Jellis launched a long throw towards the near post and Cheltenham goalkeeper Day clawed McEntee's flicked header into the danger area where Harrison was on hand to convert.
Walsall made a rip roaring start with Connor Barrett and Liam Gordon both bombing down the flanks and Jamille Matt serving as a dangerous focal point in attack.
