On Tuesday evening, Walsall Football Club travel North to take on Tranmere Rovers in the Northern Area Semi-Final of this season's Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
In terms of head-to-head, of the seventy-one meetings, Walsall hold the overall lead with thirty-one wins to Rovers' twenty-five. There have also been fifteen draws between the two sides.
Their first meeting, which was a Division Three (North) tie, took place on 10th September 1921, with the Saddlers defeating their opponents by one goal-to-nil at Prenton Park.
In more recent times Walsall have not lost to Tranmere since April 2012, and have won two of the last five meetings (D 2, L 1), with their most recent meeting, which took place on 11th January 2014; ending in a one-all draw. Cole Stockton and Milan Lalkovic scored the goals in front of 4,871 at Prenton Park.
LAST TEN MEETINGS WALSALL 3 DRAW 3 TRANMERE ROVERS 4