Swindon Town 2-3 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026

Result

Swindon Town 2-3 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Swindon Town 2-3 Salford City: match report

Swindon Town lost to Salford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.

Oliver Turton opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Joel McGregor (35') and Aaron Drinan (77'). Salford City scored through Oliver Turton (24'), Kelly N'Mai (31') and Kallum Cesay (72').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 2nd on 46 points from 24 and Salford City 4th on 43 points from 24. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.

Swindon Town lined up in a 5-3-2 and Salford City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorge Grant of Salford City (7.7), ahead of Luke Garbutt (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swindon Town wins, 3 draws and 2 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Oliver TurtonSalford City · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Kelly N'MaiSalford City · 0-2
  • 35'Goal · Joel McGregorSwindon Town · 1-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Josh AusterfieldSalford City
  • 56'Yellow card · Joe SnowdonSwindon Town
  • 65'Yellow card · Brandon CooperSalford City
  • 67'Yellow card · Luke GarbuttSalford City
  • 72'Goal · Kallum CesaySalford City · 1-3
  • 73'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnSalford City
  • 77'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 2-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Will WrightSwindon Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Swindon Town 0, draws 3, Salford City 2.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up (5-3-2)

Connor Ripley, Joe Snowdon, Will Wright, Ryan Tafazolli, Thomas Wilson-Brown, Joel McGregor, Gavin Kilkenny, Tom Nichols, Darren Oldaker, Aaron Drinan, Ollie Palmer

Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)

Matty Young, Ollie Turton, Brandon Cooper, Luke Garbutt, Jorge Grant, Haji Mnoga, Kallum Cesay, Josh Austerfield, Kelly N'Mai, Ryan Graydon, Daniel Udoh