Cheltenham Town 3-2 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Cheltenham Town 3-2 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cheltenham Town 3-2 Salford City: match report
Cheltenham Town beat Salford City 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
J. Grant opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Isaac Hutchinson (51', penalty), Harry Ashfield (84') and G. Miller (90+6'). Salford City scored through J. Grant (6') and Zach Awe (76').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 32 points from 31 and Salford City 8th on 52 points from 30. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Salford City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorge Grant of Salford City (7.7), ahead of Harry Ashfield (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cheltenham Town win, 1 draw and 1 for Salford City.
Key events
- 6'Goal · J. Grant
- 14'Yellow card · Kadeem Harris
- 48'Red card · Luke Garbutt
- 49'Yellow card · Ben Woodburn
- 51'Penalty goal · Isaac Hutchinson
- 71'Yellow card · Matthew Young
- 73'Yellow card · Ossama Ashley
- 73'Yellow card · Ryan Graydon
- 73'Yellow card · Isaac Hutchinson
- 76'Goal · Zach Awe
- 84'Goal · Harry Ashfield
- 90+6'Goal · G. Miller
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cheltenham Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Joe Day, Sam Sherring, James Wilson, Robbie Cundy, Jonathan Tomkinson, Ben Stevenson, Jordan Thomas, L. Young, Isaac Hutchinson, Jake Bickerstaff, Josh Davison
Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Matty Young, Alfie Dorrington, Zach Awe, Luke Garbutt, Ossama Ashley, Haji Mnoga, Josh Austerfield, Jorge Grant, Kadeem Harris, Ryan Graydon, Kelly N'Mai