Can Walsall knock Salford City in Poundland Bescot Stadium clash?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

Salford City should not bank on any gifts from hosting team Walsall in this League Two match. Here's the thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Salford City have the most scored goals (38) away in League Two

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 Walsall and Salford City.

L L D L D

Walsall form and stats

Walsall have collected 33 points from their League Two home games so far after 8-9-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Walsall.

Stress levels are on the rise for Walsall's attacking players as they have now played 309 minutes without scoring in a league game. Knowles was their last goal scorer.

Walsall faced defeat in their previous match, away at Harrogate Town (0-3). The versatile forward Matt outperformed all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.13 out of 10. Matt hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Walsall lost 0-2 at Crewe Alexandra's place.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 20 league matches, 16 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Walsall has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. From these home matches, Walsall have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

W L W L D

Salford City form and stats

10 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Salford City, who have the most scored goals (38) away in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Salford had fun at their own home (Poundland Bescot Stadium) last time out, beating Hartlepool United 2-0. Smith and Barry scored. Goalkeeper Cairns got the top player rating of the team with 7.92/10. Cairns topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Colchester United.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's last 13 league fixtures.

Salford City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 38 times in 21 away games so far. Salford City have conceded 27 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Salford City - Walsall 1-0, earlier this season. Last seven meetings with these sides: Walsall won two, Salford City were winners in five and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Salford CityC. McAleny
C. McAleny
10 goals
Salford CityM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals
Salford CityC. Hendry
C. Hendry
10 goals

Walsall missing players

Salford City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Salford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 21 43
11 8 2 Won W 2 10 20
18 9 4 Drew D 2 4 9
14 4 1 Lost L 3 7 14
42 24 5 Scored S 11 38 66
45 15 5 Conceded C 10 27 49
81% 81% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 95%
65% 62% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 71% 72%
33% 29% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 52% 44%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 38% 28%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 33% 19%
49% 48% 43% BTTS BTTS 71% 62% 53%
33% 38% 43% Clean Sheets C S 14% 24% 28%
37% 33% 43% Failed to Score F T 29% 19% 23%
 
4.5 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4 4.7
4.4 4 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5 4.7
2 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.6 1.7
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 12 9.9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.7 12.7
3.2 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 4.2
31% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 44% 37%
 
11.1 10.6 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 13.9 12.3
3 2.7 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 3.9 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salford City have the most scored goals (38) away in League Two
  • Salford City have the the best goal difference (+11) away in League Two

  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 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

Walsall:
Salford City:
England:
Table
  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 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

More from England - League Two

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.