Salford City 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 6 September 2025
Result
Salford City 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 6 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Salford City 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Salford City defeated Tranmere Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 6 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Luke Garbutt opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Salford City's goals came from Luke Garbutt (56', penalty), Cole Stockton (81') and Ossama Ashley (86'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Omari Patrick (64').
Discipline: Salford City received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 11th on 10 points from 6 and Tranmere Rovers 13th on 8 points from 5. Salford City went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.
Salford City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Garbutt of Salford City (8.1), ahead of Daniel Udoh (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Salford City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 48'Yellow card · Haji Mnoga
- 56'Penalty goal · Luke Garbutt
- 64'Goal · Omari Patrick
- 81'Goal · Cole Stockton
- 86'Goal · Ossama Ashley
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Mark Howard, Brandon Cooper, Michael Rose, Luke Garbutt, Matt Butcher, Haji Mnoga, Kallum Cesay, Jorge Grant, Kadeem Harris, Daniel Udoh, Cole Stockton
Tranmere Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Joe Murphy, Cameron Norman, Lee O'Connor, Nathan Smith, Jordan Turnbull, Patrick Brough, Billy Blacker, Charlie Whitaker, Richard Smallwood, Omari Patrick, Joe Ironside