Jake Forster-Caskey's penalty has given Brighton & Hove Albion a 1-0 lead against Walsall in the League Cup second round this evening.
The home side fashioned the first chance of the game inside the first 10 minutes when Milan Lalkovic met a cross, but his header was just too high.
Reece Flanagan went closer shortly after, but his well-struck attempt was held by Brighton keeper Nikki Maenpaa.
The Saddlers enjoyed the better of proceedings in the first 25 minutes, but the visiting Seagulls did well to deny their hosts anything clear cut.
However, Lalkovic almost opened the scoring when he curled a free kick just wide from around 20 yards out.
England Under-21 international Forster-Caskey was fouled inside the area on 38 minutes, and the midfielder dusted himself down to take the resulting spot kick and give Brighton the lead.
Paul Gorst
