Purkiss calls for fast start

Ben Purkiss has urged Walsall to be on the front foot from the start of Saturday's clash at Coventry.

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The defender is hoping the Saddlers can seize the initiative at the Ricoh in order to secure a win which would likely fire them into the top half and help rectify their poor record against League One's bottom half sides.

So far this season Dean Smith's men have reeled off impressive performances against the division's most in-form teams but consistently struggled to master those either around or below themselves.

They have picked up just eight points from a possible 27 against sides in the bottom half and suffered defeats to Yeovil, Scunthorpe and Crewe – the current bottom three.