Catching up with the top sides is on the list when these two mid-table sides battle it out. Both will be trying to strenghten their league status, Salford City in 16th and Bristol Rovers in 14th position.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It's no vacation for neither Salford City nor Bristol Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salford City form and stats
Overall League Two statistics playing at home this season for Salford City are 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Salford, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Harrogate Town away with the result 2-0. Matthew Lund and Jason Lowe found the net in that victory. Defender Ibou Touray got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.22/10. Touray served one assist, hit two key passes and won 10 of 20 duels.
Before that, Salford played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Scunthorpe United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, eight draws and two defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Oldham Athletic are coming to town in four days.
Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Salford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Bristol's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tranmere Rovers that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Tranmere Rovers after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager J. Barton needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Midfield player Sam Finley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Finley served one assist and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-3 vs Oxford United (after extra-time).Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The schedule is very tough for Bristol now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Forest Green Rovers is waiting in only four days.
Bristol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Bristol's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pitman 4 goals |   T. Elliott 3 goals |  M. Lund 3 goals |
Salford City missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Salford City | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 88% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 56% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 65% |
| 41% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 24% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.3 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 24% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 39% |
| 11.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 12.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 4.2 |
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Salford City | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Barrow | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 12 |