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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · J. GrantSalford City · 0-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Kadeem HarrisSalford City
  • 48'Red card · Luke GarbuttSalford City
  • 49'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnSalford City
  • 51'Penalty goal · Isaac HutchinsonCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Matthew YoungSalford City
  • 73'Yellow card · Ossama AshleySalford City
  • 73'Yellow card · Ryan GraydonSalford City
  • 73'Yellow card · Isaac HutchinsonCheltenham Town
  • 76'Goal · Zach AweSalford City · 1-2
  • 84'Goal · Harry AshfieldCheltenham Town · 2-2
  • 90+6'Goal · G. MillerCheltenham Town · 3-2

Head-to-head

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

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