Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023
Result
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Salford City: match report
Forest Green Rovers were beaten by Salford City 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 5 August 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Conor McAleny opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Forest Green Rovers did not score. Salford City scored through Conor McAleny (51') and Matt Smith (90+5').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 3 yellow cards.
Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Salford City in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Curtis Tilt of Salford City (8.1), ahead of Alex Cairns (7.7).
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Callum Hendry
- 43'Yellow card · Charlie McCann
- 51'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 71'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 72'Yellow card · Jamie Robson
- 90'Yellow card · Harvey Bunker
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luke Bolton
- 90+5'Goal · Matt Smith
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Daniels, Dominic Bernard, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Callum Jones, Charlie McCann, Teddy Jenks, Tyrese Omotoye, Matty Stevens
Salford City line-up (3-2-4-1)
Alex Cairns, Liam Shephard, Theo Vassell, Curtis Tilt, Ryan Watson, Ossama Ashley, Stevie Mallan, Luke Bolton, Conor McAleny, Luke Garbutt, Callum Hendry