Wrexham 3-2 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 14 October 2023
Result
Wrexham 3-2 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 14 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Wrexham 3-2 Salford City: match report
Wrexham beat Salford City 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 14 October 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Wrexham's goals came from Elliot Lee (39'), Steven Fletcher (88') and Jordan Davies (89'). Salford City scored through Matt Smith (15') and Matt Smith (36').
Discipline: Wrexham received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wrexham were 7th on 20 points from 12 and Salford City 13th on 16 points from 12. Wrexham went on to finish that season 2nd with 88 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.
Wrexham lined up in a 5-3-2 and Salford City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (8.5), ahead of Jordan Davies (8.4).
Going into the match Wrexham's last five read W-D-D-L-W and Salford City's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Matt Smith
- 36'Goal · Matt Smith
- 39'Goal · Elliot Lee
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ethan Ingram
- 45+2'Yellow card · James Jones
- 45+2'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 60'Yellow card · Liam Shephard
- 75'Yellow card · Eoghan O'Connell
- 80'Yellow card · Paul Mullin
- 81'Yellow card · Luke Bolton
- 88'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 89'Goal · Jordan Davies
Team news
Wrexham line-up (5-3-2)
Arthur Okonkwo, Aaron James, Aaron Hayden, Eoghan O'Connell, Thomas O'Connor, James McClean, J. Jones, George Evans, Elliot Lee, Ollie Palmer, Paul Mullin
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Ethan Ingram, Adrian Mariappa, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Luke Bolton, Matthew Lund, Elliot Watt, Declan John, Stevie Mallan, Matt Smith