Salford City 2-0 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Salford City 2-0 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Salford City 2-0 Walsall: match report
Salford City beat Walsall 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 26 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
James Wilson opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Salford City's goals came from James Wilson (16') and Luke Burgess (87'). Walsall did not score.
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 8th on 30 points from 18 and Walsall 9th on 30 points from 19. Salford City went on to finish that season 8th with 71 points, and Walsall 19th with 53.
Salford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Václav Hladký of Salford City (8.0), level with Luke Burgess (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 0 draws and 1 for Walsall.
Going into the match Salford City's last five read W-D-D-W-L and Walsall's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · James Wilson
- 49'Yellow card · Ashley Hunter
- 54'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 87'Goal · Luke Burgess
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Václav Hladký, Tom Clarke, Ashley Eastham, Di'Shon Bernard, Ibou Touray, Jason Lowe, Oscar Threlkeld, Brandon Thomas-Asante, James Wilson, Ashley Hunter, Ian Henderson
Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jack Rose, Hayden White, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, Cameron Norman, Alfie Bates, Josh Gordon, L. Kinsella, Emmanuel Osadebe, Wesley McDonald, Elijah Adebayo