Walsall claimed League One survival after securing a battling point against Huddersfield to relegate Wycombe and Chesterfield.
Wycombe’s 4 3 defeat to Notts County and Chesterfield’s 3 2 loss at Yeovil means the sixth bottom Saddlers are four points clear Air Jordan 2010 of the drop zone with a game left next weekend’s trip to MK Dons.
See more pictures in our gallery to your rightOliver Lancashire headed wide in the second half as the Saddlers improved after the break but couldn’t find the winner.
Jimmy Walker returned in goal in what could be his final outing at the Banks’s Stadium with the record appearance holder yet to reveal whether he will retire at the end of the season.
Lee Beevers replaced Kevan Hurst after suspension and Lancashire came in for the banned Manny Smith.
But after just 90 seconds the Saddlers were behind when Scott Arfield fed Lee Novak and the striker Nike Air Foamposite One held off Lancashire to fire low past Walker from 16 yards.
Walsall failed Air Jordan 12s to start and offered little threat until they should have been awarded a penalty after nine minutes.
Jon Macken’s cute lay off found Emmanuel Ledesma bursting into the area and he was nudged by Jack Hunt but referee Tony Bates waved play on.
Ledesma curled a free kick over soon after but the Saddlers were second best, nervous and directionless with the magnitude of the game dawning on a quiet Banks’s Stadium.
And Walsall should have Nike LeBron 12 fallen 2 0 behind after 14 minutes when Danny Ward’s delicious cross found Novak unmarked at the far post but the striker planted his header into the ground and over.
The Saddlers were shell shocked and struggled to create anything going forward and Arfield almost doubled the Terries’ lead just after half hour when his shot deflected just wide.
They limped to half time Nike LeBron 11 but, fresh from the break, Walsall levelled after 49 minutes.
The Saddlers capitalised on a positive start and Cuvelier buried across Bennett after latching onto Mat Sadler’s fine left wing cross.
Roused, Walsall took the game to the Terriers but couldn’t conjure any clear openings before former Blues man Damien Johnson was replaced by Oscar Gobern after an aerial clash with Andy Butler on the hour.
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