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
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.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Kieran Phillips
- 31'Yellow card · Joss Labadie
- 32'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 73'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 78'Goal · Ashley Eastham
- 79'Yellow card · Ashley Hunter
- 90+5'Goal · Conor Wilkinson
- 90+6'Yellow card · Rollin Menayese
Head-to-head
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