Salford City 2-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025
Result
Salford City 2-1 Accrington Stanley
League Two · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Salford City 2-1 Accrington Stanley: match report
Salford City defeated Accrington Stanley 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 August 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ben Woodburn opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Salford City's goals came from Ben Woodburn (23') and Luke Garbutt (27'). Accrington Stanley scored through Tyler Walton (85', penalty).
Discipline: Salford City received 1 yellow card; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Accrington Stanley 18th on 1 point from 2. Salford City went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.
Salford City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Garbutt of Salford City (7.6), ahead of Tyler Walton (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 0 draws and 3 for Accrington Stanley.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Liam Coyle
- 23'Goal · Ben Woodburn
- 27'Goal · Luke Garbutt
- 43'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 43'Yellow card · Devon Matthews
- 54'Yellow card · Tyler Walton
- 85'Penalty goal · Tyler Walton
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (3-5-2)
Matty Young, Ollie Turton, Adebola Oluwo, Luke Garbutt, Rosaire Longelo, Ben Woodburn, Jorge Grant, Josh Austerfield, Kadeem Harris, Kallum Cesay, Jay Bird
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)
Michael Kelly, Devon Matthews, Farrend Rawson, Benn Ward, Charlie Brown, Liam Coyle, Joe Bauress, Freddie Sass, Isaac Sinclair, Josh Woods, Kelsey Mooney