Salford City 2-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 6 January 2024
Result
Salford City 2-2 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 6 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Salford City 2-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Salford City drew with Forest Green Rovers 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 6 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Salford City's goals came from Matt Smith (4') and Ryan Watson (90+1', penalty). Forest Green Rovers scored through Charlie McCann (39') and Matty Stevens (70').
Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Salford City were 21st on 23 points from 25 and Forest Green Rovers 24th on 17 points from 24. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 42.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (8.2), ahead of Ryan Inniss (8.1).
Key events
- 4'Goal · Matt Smith
- 21'Yellow card · Elliot Watt
- 23'Yellow card · Harvey Bunker
- 39'Goal · Charlie McCann
- 41'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 59'Yellow card · Ryan Inniss
- 70'Goal · Matty Stevens
- 72'Yellow card · Adrian Mariappa
- 88'Yellow card · Fankaty Dabo
- 90'Second yellow · Ryan Inniss
- 90'Second yellow · Adrian Mariappa
- 90+1'Penalty goal · Ryan Watson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Ethan Ingram, Adrian Mariappa, Curtis Tilt, Declan John, Ryan Watson, Elliot Watt, Luke Garbutt, Luke Bolton, Matt Smith, Conor McAleny
Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Luke Daniels, Dominic Bernard, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Robson, Reece Brown, Harvey Bunker, Charlie McCann, Fankaty Dabo, Matty Stevens, Kyle McAllister