Salford City 1-2 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 4 January 2020
Result
Salford City 1-2 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 4 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Salford City 1-2 Walsall: match report
Salford City lost to Walsall 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 4 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
Caolan Lavery opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Salford City's goal came from Brandon Thomas-Asante (62'). Walsall scored through Caolan Lavery (27') and Josh Gordon (51').
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 11th on 32 points from 25 and Walsall 15th on 30 points from 25. Salford City went on to finish that season 11th with 40 points, and Walsall 17th with 36.
Salford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Walsall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Conway of Salford City (8.2), level with Liam Roberts (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 0 draws and 0 for Walsall.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Caolan Lavery
- 51'Goal · Josh Gordon
- 62'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 71'Yellow card · Liam Hogan
- 81'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-4-2)
Chris Neal, Oscar Threlkeld, Liam Hogan, Cameron Burgess, Ibou Touray, Craig Conway, Richie Towell, Joey Jones, Jake Jervis, L. Armstrong, Brandon Thomas-Asante
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Cameron Norman, James Clarke, Dan Scarr, Callum Cockerill-Mollett, Josh Gordon, L. Kinsella, Alfie Bates, Wesley McDonald, Rory Holden, Caolan Lavery