Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021
Result
Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Salford City: match report
Forest Green Rovers won against Salford City 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Brandon Thomas-Asante opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Nicky Cadden (45+1'), Kane Wilson (71') and Jack Aitchison (90+3'). Salford City scored through Brandon Thomas-Asante (17').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 1st on 27 points from 13 and Salford City 15th on 16 points from 13. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Salford City 10th with 70.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kane Wilson of Forest Green Rovers (8.4), ahead of Nicky Cadden (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Forest Green Rovers win, 1 draw and 2 for Salford City.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Jordan Moore-Taylor
- 10'Yellow card · Gary Bowyer
- 15'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 17'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 35'Yellow card · Tom Elliott
- 43'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 45+1'Goal · Nicky Cadden
- 71'Goal · Kane Wilson
- 90+3'Goal · Jack Aitchison
Head-to-head
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Luke McGee, Dominic Bernard, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Baily Cargill, Kane Wilson, Ben Stevenson, Regan Hendry, Nicky Cadden, Ebou Adams, Jamille Matt, Matty Stevens
Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Connor Ripley, Liam Shephard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Ibou Touray, Corrie Ndaba, Matthew Lund, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Matty Willock, Ashley Hunter, Tom Elliott