Tranmere Rovers 3-4 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 August 2023

Result

Tranmere Rovers 3-4 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Tranmere Rovers 3-4 Salford City: match report

Tranmere Rovers lost to Salford City 3-4 in the League Two on Saturday 19 August 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Connor Jennings opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Connor Jennings (6'), Kristian Dennis (36') and Charlie Jolley (87'). Salford City scored through Matt Smith (34'), Callum Hendry (47'), Callum Hendry (68') and Callum Hendry (85').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Salford City 13th on 4 points from 3. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Salford City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Hendry of Salford City (10.0), ahead of Matt Smith (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tranmere Rovers wins, 3 draws and 0 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Connor JenningsTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Matthew LundSalford City
  • 34'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Kristian DennisTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · Callum HendrySalford City · 2-2
  • 68'Goal · Callum HendrySalford City · 2-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Callum HendrySalford City
  • 85'Goal · Callum HendrySalford City · 2-4
  • 87'Goal · Charlie JolleyTranmere Rovers · 3-4
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 3, draws 3, Salford City 0.

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Jake Leake, Kieron Morris, Regan Hendry, Connor Jennings, Luke Norris, Kristian Dennis, Sam Taylor

Salford City line-up (3-4-3)

Alex Cairns, Liam Shephard, Theo Vassell, Curtis Tilt, Luke Bolton, Matthew Lund, Stevie Mallan, Luke Garbutt, Matt Smith, Callum Hendry, Conor McAleny