A look at the League Two standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Get our Salford City - Walsall match guide!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Salford City and Walsall.
Salford City form and stats
5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Salford City so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Salford City bring valid hopes of a third.
The club members are hoping that Salford will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Crawley Town (placed 20th). The first defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. Midfield player Watt got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Watt hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Colchester United that finished 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rochdale are coming to town in four days.
Salford has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.
Walsall form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home loss versus Leicester City with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Walsall travelled to Tranmere Rovers and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Walsall wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Walsall have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a League Two game vs Northampton Town. A back-breaking diary for the visiting team!
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Walsall as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings involving these contenders: Salford won four, Walsall were winners in two and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 7 goals |  M. Smith 5 goals |  R. Watson 5 goals |
Salford City missing players
Walsall missing players
| Salford City | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 93% | 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 71% |
| 41% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 42% |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 19% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 58% | 58% |
| 37% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | 29% |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 21% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 55% | 43% |
| 12.7 | 11.6 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.4 | 10.8 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 57 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 48 |
| 5 | Salford City | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Barrow | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 39 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 14 | Walsall | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 30 |
| 19 | Newport County | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 25 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 21 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 20 |
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