Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley
League Two · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Salford City 1-2 Accrington Stanley: match report
Salford City were beaten by Accrington Stanley 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 26 August 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Shaun Whalley opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Salford City's goal came from Ryan Watson (88', penalty). Accrington Stanley scored through Shaun Whalley (24') and Josh Andrews (45').
Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 5th on 7 points from 4 and Accrington Stanley 4th on 7 points from 4. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Accrington Stanley 17th with 57.
Salford City lined up in a 4-2-4 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shaun Whalley of Accrington Stanley (8.2), ahead of Matt Smith (8.0).
Going into the match Salford City's last five read W-L-D-W and Accrington Stanley's W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 24'Goal · Shaun Whalley
- 35'Yellow card · Josh Andrews
- 38'Yellow card · Jay Bagueloc'rich
- 39'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 45'Goal · Josh Andrews
- 87'Yellow card · Shaun Whalley
- 88'Penalty goal · Ryan Watson
- 89'Yellow card · Callum Hendry
Team news
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Salford City line-up (4-2-4)
Alex Cairns, Liam Shephard, Theo Vassell, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Luke Bolton, Matthew Lund, Stevie Mallan, Conor McAleny, Callum Hendry, Matt Smith
Accrington Stanley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Toby Savin, Kelvin Mellor, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Brad Hills, Rosaire Longelo, Seamus Conneely, Liam Coyle, Shaun Whalley, Tommy Leigh, Jack Nolan, Josh Andrews