Salford City 2-1 Rochdale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 4 February 2023
Result
Salford City 2-1 Rochdale
League Two · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Salford City 2-1 Rochdale: match report
Salford City beat Rochdale 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Salford City's goals came from Matt Smith (10') and Conor McAleny (63'). Rochdale scored through Scott Quigley (81', penalty).
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Salford City were 5th on 45 points from 28 and Rochdale 24th on 20 points from 28. Salford City went on to finish that season 7th with 78 points, and Rochdale 24th with 38.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rochdale in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (8.9), ahead of Scott Quigley (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Salford City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rochdale.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Matt Smith
- 63'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 80'Yellow card · Ryan Watson
- 81'Penalty goal · Scott Quigley
- 90+6'Yellow card · Max Taylor
- 90+11'Yellow card · Matt Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Shane McLoughlin, Theo Vassell, Ryan Leak, Ibou Touray, Ethan Galbraith, Elliot Watt, Ryan Watson, Louie Barry, Matt Smith, Conor McAleny
Rochdale line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jake Eastwood, Rhys Bennett, Toby Mullarkey, Max Taylor, Femi Seriki, Liam Kelly, Jimmy Keohane, Owen Dodgson, D'Mani Mellor, Scott Quigley, Ian Henderson