Salford City 2-0 Hartlepool United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021
Result
Salford City 2-0 Hartlepool United
League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Salford City 2-0 Hartlepool United: match report
Salford City defeated Hartlepool United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Tom Elliott opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Salford City's goals came from Tom Elliott (3') and Matty Willock (85'). Hartlepool United did not score.
Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Hartlepool United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 17th on 12 points from 11 and Hartlepool United 8th on 17 points from 11. Salford City went on to finish that season 10th with 70 points, and Hartlepool United 17th with 54.
Salford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hartlepool United in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Elliott of Salford City (8.3), ahead of Matthew Lund (8.0).
Going into the match Salford City's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Hartlepool United's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Tom Elliott
- 44'Yellow card · Tom Elliott
- 47'Yellow card · Nicky Featherstone
- 72'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 81'Yellow card · Jamie Sterry
- 85'Goal · Matty Willock
- 90+5'Yellow card · Brandon Thomas-Asante
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Connor Ripley, Liam Shephard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Ibou Touray, Jason Lowe, Matthew Lund, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Conor McAleny, Ashley Hunter, Tom Elliott
Hartlepool United line-up (3-4-3)
Ben Killip, Timi Odusina, Neill Byrne, Zaine Francis-Angol, Jamie Sterry, Matty Daly, Nicky Featherstone, David Ferguson, Reagan Ogle, Will Goodwin, Joe Grey