Walsall 2-0 Peterborough United

On-loan George Evans has scored four goals in 14 appearances for Walsall

League One leaders Walsall scored twice in the last 10 minutes to secure a hard-fought victory over Peterborough.

Defender Jason Demetriou met George Evans' pass to put the Saddlers ahead, his shot deflecting off Posh's Miles Addison and into the back of the net.

Evans, on loan from Manchester City, then turned goalscorer as he poked home Kieron Morris' pull back.

The goals came against the run of play as the visitors had been enjoying the better of the second-half exchanges.

Posh's Conor Washington had his side's best chance as his point-blank header was tipped over by goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.

Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll told BBC WM:

"A clean sheet, I think that's been a massive plus for everybody.

"If you look at the team, there's goals. There's quite a lot of forward players and forward-thinking players and we've not got arguably our best striker on the pitch.

"I think clean sheets bring confidence, as well as helping to win games."

Peterborough boss Graham Westley told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:

"They dominated the first half, but we did what good sides do, we dug in, we were resilient.

"We went forward with too little composure, we were too quick to play the forward pass and as a result our play was patchy.

"I asked them to show much more composure in the second half, much more control over the game, and I thought they did.

"We were relentless in terms of our possession for long periods, didn't take our chances and then were punished in the cruellest of ways towards the end."