Rotherham United 3-3 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026
Result
Rotherham United 3-3 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham · half-time 2-2
Rotherham United 3-3 Salford City: match report
Rotherham United drew with Salford City 3-3 in the League Two on Saturday 12 September 2026 at AESSEAL New York Stadium. The half-time score was 2-2.
Ryan Graydon opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Brandon Cover (33'), Paul Mullin (35', penalty) and Ossama Ashley (55'). Salford City scored through Ryan Graydon (9'), Joe Powell (31') and Macaulay Langstaff (74', penalty).
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 18th on 5 points from 5 and Salford City 15th on 6 points from 5. In the current table Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points and Salford City are 1st on 31 points.
Rotherham United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Salford City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ossama Ashley of Rotherham United (7.8), level with Joe Powell (7.8).
Key events
- 9'Goal · Ryan Graydon
- 26'Yellow card · Denzel Hall
- 31'Goal · Joe Powell
- 33'Goal · Brandon Cover
- 35'Penalty goal · Paul Mullin
- 44'Yellow card · Kallum Cesay
- 55'Yellow card · Abraham Odoh
- 55'Goal · Ossama Ashley
- 64'Yellow card · Josh Austerfield
- 69'Second yellow · Abraham Odoh
- 73'Yellow card · Jili Buyabu
- 74'Penalty goal · Macaulay Langstaff
Form and table
- Rotherham UnitedLast five: L D W D L
- Salford CityLast five: L L L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salford City | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 31 | WWWWW |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 12 | LLDDL |
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Julian Eyestone, Denzel Hall, Sonny Aljofree, Kieran Ngwenya, Aaron Nemane, Ossama Ashley, Brandon Cover, Ewan Otoo, Josh Austerfield, Fábio Tavares, Paul Mullin
Salford City line-up (5-3-2)
Will Norris, Luke Molyneux, Will Aimson, Adebola Oluwo, Taylor Allen, Abraham Odoh, Kallum Cesay, Brendan Wiredu, Joe Powell, Ryan Graydon, Macaulay Langstaff
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