Accrington Stanley 1-0 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Thursday 5 February 2026

Result

Accrington Stanley 1-0 Salford City

League Two · Thursday 5 February 2026, 20:01 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 1-0 Salford City: match report

Accrington Stanley beat Salford City 1-0 in the League Two on Thursday 5 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alex Henderson of Accrington Stanley in the 4th minute.

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 13th on 40 points from 28 and Salford City 5th on 52 points from 28. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Salford City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Wright of Accrington Stanley (8.2), ahead of Farrend Rawson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 0 draws and 2 for Salford City.

Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Salford City's W-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Alex HendersonAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · J. GrantSalford City
  • 64'Yellow card · Connor O'BrienAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Accrington Stanley 3, draws 0, Salford City 2.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-2-1)

Oliver Wright, Donald Love, Farrend Rawson, Devon Matthews, Connor O'Brien, Conor Grant, Isaac Sinclair, Isaac Heath, Shaun Whalley, Alex Henderson, Josh Woods

Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)

Matty Young, Ollie Turton, Alfie Dorrington, Luke Garbutt, Matt Butcher, Rosaire Longelo, Ben Woodburn, Jorge Grant, Kelly N'Mai, Ryan Graydon, Daniel Udoh