Salford City 1-5 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 26 December 2023
Result
Salford City 1-5 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Tuesday 26 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Salford City 1-5 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Salford City were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 1-5 in the League Two on Tuesday 26 December 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Harvey Saunders opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Salford City's goal came from Matthew Lund (55'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Harvey Saunders (12'), Kieron Morris (35'), Connor Jennings (50'), Regan Hendry (64') and Josh Hawkes (90+3').
Discipline: Salford City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Salford City were 21st on 23 points from 22 and Tranmere Rovers 18th on 24 points from 23. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Tranmere Rovers 16th with 57.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieron Morris of Tranmere Rovers (8.7), ahead of Matt Smith (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 3 draws and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Harvey Saunders
- 35'Goal · Kieron Morris
- 45'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 45+2'Yellow card · Elliot Watt
- 45+3'Yellow card · Conor McAleny
- 50'Goal · Connor Jennings
- 55'Goal · Matthew Lund
- 64'Goal · Regan Hendry
- 72'Second yellow · Conor McAleny
- 87'Yellow card · Matt Smith
- 90+3'Goal · Josh Hawkes
- 90+4'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Ethan Ingram, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Declan John, Matthew Lund, Elliot Watt, Liam Humbles, Kelly N'Mai, Matt Smith, Conor McAleny
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Connor Wood, Rob Apter, Regan Hendry, Brad Walker, Kieron Morris, Connor Jennings, Harvey Saunders