Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Tranmere Rovers · Salford City · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Salford City: match report

Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Salford City 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

J. Grant opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Tranmere Rovers did not score. Salford City scored through J. Grant (68') and Kelly N'Mai (75').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Salford City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 17th on 32 points from 28 and Salford City 4th on 49 points from 27. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 41 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Salford City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Young of Salford City (8.9), ahead of Luke Garbutt (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · J. GrantSalford City · 0-1
  • 75'Goal · Kelly N'MaiSalford City · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Sam FinleyTranmere Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Kristian DennisTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 1, Salford City 3.

Team news

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  • Josh WilliamsTranmere Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Murphy, William Tamen, Nathan Smith, Patrick Brough, Cameron Norman, Sam Finley, N. Kenneh, Ethan Bristow, Charlie Whitaker, Dylan Jones, Kristian Dennis

Salford City line-up (3-5-2)

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