Walsall 0 Wolves 3

Wolves coasted to victory at Walsall – but the home side could only blame themselves for allowing their neighbours such an easy ride.

The Saddlers gifted goals from Frank Nouble (23) and Adam Hammill (36) to give Wolves a 2-0 first-half lead in Stale Solbakken's first friendly on home soil.

More poor defending allowed Kevin Doyle (68) the chance to make it 3-0 on his return in a Wolves shirt after playing for Ireland in Euro 2012.

Wolves played different teams in each half as Solbakken continued to look at all his first-team squad before the action begins for real in the Championship in 21 days' time.

There was no Steven Fletcher for Wolves as the £7m record signing nursed an ankle injury picked up in the week, and there was a worry about George Elokobi, who went off with what appeared to be a strain after half an hour.

Chances were largely few and far between throughout, though Wolves had the best of them.

And they made the most of them too, as Nouble grabbed his second goal in as many friendlies, lobbing David Grof after Andy Butler couldn't get enough on his header back to the keeper following Dorus De Vries' giant kick.

Soon after Hammill doubled the visitors' lead, drilling home an angled first-time drive after Ben Purkiss failed to cut out Michael Kightly's cross sufficiently and the ball sat up perfectly for the winger.

Walsall made eight changes at the break as boss Dean Smith looks to find the right blend for their League One campaign.

And it was one of the changes, Connor Taylor, who had the chance to halve the deficit in the 49th minute only to blaze over after Nenad Milijas gave away possession.

The flying Doyle got the faintest headed touch to Stephen Ward's powerful cross only for Grof to tip the ball away on 62 as Wolves threatened a third goal.

And it duly came six minutes later when Walsall backed off Ward, who slipped the ball square inside for Doyle to sidefoot home first time from just inside the area.

Doyle brought a flying save from Grof with a shot on the turn a minute from time before a rare Walsall break saw Carl Ikeme foil former Molineux team-mate Ashley Hemmings with one hand as he tried to round the keeper.