Salford City 2-3 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 November 2019
Result
Salford City 2-3 Swindon Town
League Two · Saturday 16 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Salford City 2-3 Swindon Town: match report
Salford City lost to Swindon Town 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 16 November 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
A. Rooney opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Salford City's goals came from A. Rooney (4', penalty) and A. Rooney (90+5', penalty). Swindon Town scored through E. Doyle (10'), E. Doyle (54', penalty) and Jerry Yates (78').
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Swindon Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 11th on 24 points from 17 and Swindon Town 3rd on 30 points from 17. Salford City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Swindon Town 2nd with 69.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Swindon Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Rooney of Salford City (8.9), ahead of Eoin Doyle (8.4).
Going into the match Salford City's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Swindon Town's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Penalty goal · A. Rooney
- 10'Goal · E. Doyle
- 26'Yellow card · Cameron Burgess
- 45+7'Yellow card · Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
- 54'Penalty goal · E. Doyle
- 78'Goal · Jerry Yates
- 90+5'Penalty goal · A. Rooney
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Chris Neal, S. Wiseman, Liam Hogan, Cameron Burgess, Ibou Touray, Joey Jones, Oscar Threlkeld, Richie Towell, Jake Jervis, Adam Rooney, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
Swindon Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steven Benda, Rob Hunt, Mathieu Baudry, Zeki Fryers, Ellis Iandolo, Anthony Grant, Jordan Lyden, Kaiyne Woolery, Michael Doughty, Jerry Yates, Eoin Doyle