Salford City 5-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 19 March 2022
Result
Salford City 5-1 Scunthorpe United
League Two · Saturday 19 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Salford City 5-1 Scunthorpe United: match report
Salford City won against Scunthorpe United 5-1 in the League Two on Saturday 19 March 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Salford City's goals came from Matt Smith (17'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (45+1'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (67'), S. Kelly (77') and Brandon Thomas-Asante (81'). Scunthorpe United scored through Joe Nuttall (61').
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Salford City were 12th on 50 points from 35 and Scunthorpe United 24th on 24 points from 37. Salford City went on to finish that season 10th with 70 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 26.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Scunthorpe United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brandon Thomas-Asante of Salford City (9.9), ahead of Matt Smith (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 3 draws and 0 for Scunthorpe United.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Matt Smith
- 45+1'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 61'Goal · Joe Nuttall
- 67'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 68'Yellow card · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 75'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 77'Goal · S. Kelly
- 80'Yellow card · Liam Feeney
- 81'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
Head-to-head
Team news
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Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Tom King, Jason Lowe, Theo Vassell, Corrie Ndaba, Ibou Touray, Stephen Kelly, Matthew Lund, Ryan Watson, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Matt Smith, Ashley Hunter
Scunthorpe United line-up (3-5-2)
Rory Watson, Jai Rowe, George Taft, Ryan Delaney, Luke Matheson, Tyrese Sinclair, Alfie Beestin, Harvey Cribb, Pablo Insua, Joe Nuttall, Liam Feeney