Cheltenham Town 2-1 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cheltenham Town 2-1 Salford City: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 25 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

T. Backwell opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from T. Backwell (31') and J. Thomas (80'). Salford City scored through Curtis Tilt (90+5').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 15th on 31 points from 25 and Salford City 8th on 42 points from 25. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 15th with 60 points, and Salford City 8th with 69.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Salford City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to T. Backwell of Cheltenham Town (8.0), level with Jordan Thomas (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cheltenham Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · T. BackwellCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · J. DayCheltenham Town
  • 48'Yellow card · Liam ShephardSalford City
  • 80'Goal · J. ThomasCheltenham Town · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Cole StocktonSalford City
  • 90+5'Goal · Curtis TiltSalford City · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 0, Salford City 1.

Team news

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Cheltenham Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Sam Stubbs, Scot Bennett, Tom Bradbury, L. Kinsella, L. Young, Jordan Thomas, T. Backwell, Ethon Archer, George Miller

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

Matty Young, Liam Shephard, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Lewis Warrington, Haji Mnoga, Ryan Watson, Tyrese Fornah, Rosaire Longelo, Cole Stockton, Conor McAleny