Salford City vs Tranmere Rovers prediction and preview

League Two · Saturday 8 May 2027, 14:00 UTC

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Salford City vs Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 8 May 2027, 14:00 UTC · The Peninsula Stadium, Salford

Salford City · Tranmere Rovers · League Two predictions

Salford City vs Tranmere Rovers preview

Salford City host Tranmere Rovers in the League Two on Saturday 8 May 2027, kick-off 14:00 UTC at The Peninsula Stadium in Salford. Salford City sit 1st on 31 points after 14 matches, while Tranmere Rovers are 11th in the table with 19 points from 14.

Salford City come into the game with a W-W-W-W-W run in the league (5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5), while Tranmere Rovers's recent sequence reads W-D-W-L-D. Over their last 6, Salford City have scored 2.2 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Tranmere Rovers average 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Salford City won 4, 2 games were drawn and Tranmere Rovers won 4. Those games averaged 2.7 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 4. The most recent meeting, on 31 Jan 2026, ended Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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1Salford City1410132515+1031WWWWW
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Salford City 4, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

Salford City expected line-up (5-4-1)

Will Norris, Dan Scarr, Will Aimson, Taylor Allen, Abraham Odoh, Elliot Bonds, Luke Molyneux, Brendan Wiredu, Jorge Grant, Kallum Cesay, Macaulay Langstaff

Tranmere Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Luke McGee, Jacob Slater, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Will Vaulks, Dylan Jones, Charlie Whitaker, Tom Conlon, Tom Ince, Joe Ironside

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