Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Salford City: match report
Milton Keynes Dons won against Salford City 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 March 2024. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from K. Lofthouse (27'), Alex Gilbey (31') and an own goal by Matt Smith (45+7'). Salford City scored through Matt Smith (12').
Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 5th on 61 points from 36 and Salford City 19th on 40 points from 36. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.
Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (9.1), ahead of Alex Gilbey (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Milton Keynes Dons win, 0 draws and 0 for Salford City.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Matt Smith
- 20'Yellow card · Connor McLennan
- 21'Yellow card · Mike Williamson
- 27'Goal · K. Lofthouse
- 31'Goal · Alex Gilbey
- 45+7'Own goal · Matt Smith
- 54'Yellow card · Matt Smith
- 71'Yellow card · Conor McAleny
- 71'Yellow card · Conor McAleny
- 74'Yellow card · Lewis Bate
- 74'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 74'Yellow card · Theo Vassell
- 82'Yellow card · Matthew Lund
Head-to-head
Team news
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-4-2-1)
Michael Kelly, MJ Williams, Warren O'Hora, Daniel Harvie, Kyran Lofthouse, Jack Payne, Lewis Bate, Joe Tomlinson, Emre Tezgel, Alex Gilbey, Matthew Dennis
Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Cairns, Dan Chesters, Theo Vassell, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Ryan Watson, Elliot Watt, Junior Luamba, Conor McAleny, Connor McLennan, Matt Smith