Carlisle United 2-1 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021

Result

Carlisle United 2-1 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Carlisle United 2-1 Salford City: match report

Carlisle United beat Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 September 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Brennan Dickenson opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Carlisle United's goals came from Brennan Dickenson (8') and Jon Mellish (59'). Salford City scored through Josh Morris (44').

Discipline: Carlisle United received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Carlisle United were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Salford City 16th on 5 points from 5. Carlisle United went on to finish that season 20th with 53 points, and Salford City 10th with 70.

Carlisle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brennan Dickenson of Carlisle United (7.8), level with Josh Morris (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Carlisle United win, 2 draws and 0 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Brennan DickensonCarlisle United · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Tristan AbrahamsCarlisle United
  • 37'Yellow card · Zach CloughCarlisle United
  • 39'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullSalford City
  • 44'Goal · Josh MorrisSalford City · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Jon MellishCarlisle United · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jason LoweSalford City
  • 84'Yellow card · Callum GuyCarlisle United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Carlisle United 1, draws 2, Salford City 0.

Team news

Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)

Magnus Norman, Kelvin Mellor, Corey Whelan, Rod McDonald, Jack Armer, Joe Riley, Callum Anthony Guy, Jon Mellish, Zach Clough, Tristan Abrahams, Brennan Dickenson

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

Zach Jeacock, Liam Shephard, Jordan Turnbull, Corrie Ndaba, Ibou Touray, Jason Lowe, Matthew Lund, Josh Morris, Conor McAleny, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ian Henderson