Walsall 2-1 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021

Result

Walsall 2-1 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Walsall 2-1 Salford City: match report

Walsall beat Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kieran Phillips opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Walsall's goals came from Kieran Phillips (1') and Conor Wilkinson (90+5'). Salford City scored through Ashley Eastham (78').

Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 9 points from 10 and Salford City 15th on 12 points from 10. Walsall went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Salford City 10th with 70.

Walsall lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Salford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Shephard of Salford City (7.8), level with Ashley Eastham (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 0 draws and 3 for Salford City.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Salford City's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Kieran PhillipsWalsall · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Joss LabadieWalsall
  • 32'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorWalsall
  • 73'Yellow card · Matty LundSalford City
  • 78'Goal · Ashley EasthamSalford City · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Ashley HunterSalford City
  • 90+5'Goal · Conor WilkinsonWalsall · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Rollin MenayeseWalsall

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 0, Salford City 3.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Rose, Hayden White, Rollin Menayese, Manny Monthe, Stephen Ward, Joss Labadie, Jack Earing, George Miller, Emmanuel Osadebe, Brendan Kiernan, Kieran Phillips

Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom King, Liam Shephard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Corrie Ndaba, Jason Lowe, Matthew Lund, Josh Morris, Conor McAleny, Ashley Hunter, Tom Elliott