The Saddlers return to Sky Bet League Two action on Saturday with a trip to newly-promoted Stockport County on Saturday.
We take a closer look at how the two teams match up in our head-to-head guide.
THIS SEASON
Stockport: 17th – P: 10 W: 2 D: 2 L: 6 GD: -4 Pts: 8
Walsall: 15th – P: 10 W: 2 D: 3 L: 5 GD: 0 Pts: 9
RECENT FORM (LAST SIX, ALL COMPETITIONS)
Stockport: LWLDLL
30/08 – Port Vale 1-0 Stockport (PJT)
03/09 – Stockport 1-0 Wimbledon
13/09 – Crawley 3-2 Stockport
17/09 – Stockport 0-0 Harrogate
20/09 – Stockport 1-2 Wolves U21s (PJT)
24/09 – Northampton 2-1 Stockport
Walsall: LLDLLL
30/08 – Walsall 0-1 West Ham United U21s (PJT)
03/09 – Bradford City 2-1 Walsall
13/09 – Walsall 1-1 Colchester United
17/09 – Leyton Orient 1-0 Walsall
20/09 – Cheltenham Town 2-1 Walsall (PJT)
24/09 – Walsall 0-1 Tranmere Rovers
LEAGUE POSITIONS – LAST FIVE SEASONS
Stockport
17/18 – 5th (NLN)
18/19 – 1st (NLN)
19/20 – 8th (NL)
20/21 – 3rd (NL)
21/22 – 1st (NL)
Walsall
17/18: 19th (L1)
18/19: 22nd (L1)
19/20: 12th (L2)
20/21: 19th (L2)
21/22: 16th (L2)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Meetings: 47
Stockport: 17
Draws: 8
Walsall: 22
Last six meetings
08/08/2006 – Walsall 2-0 Stockport (L2)
20/02/2007 – Stockport 1-0 Walsall (L2)
26/12/2008 – Walsall 1-0 Stockport (L1)
13/04/2009 – Stockport 1-2 Walsall (L1)
14/11/2009 – Walsall 2-0 Stockport (L1)
03/04/2010 – Stockport 1-1 Walsall (L1)
MANAGERS
Dave Challinor
Appointed: 02/11/2022
Games: 52
W: 31
D: 6
L: 15
Win percentage: 59.6%
Michael Flynn
Games: 30
W: 9
D: 7
L: 14
Win percentage: 30%
Dave Challinor
KEY MEN
Stockport
Captain: Paddy Madden
Goalkeeper: Viltezslav Jaros
Top Scorer: Antoni Sarcevic – 3
Rising Star: Ryan Rydel
Paddy Madden
Walsall
Captain: Donervon Daniels
Goalkeeper: Owen Evans
Top Scorer: Danny Johnson – 8
Rising Star: Ronan Maher