Important clash in the lower section of the League Two, with both Salford City and Stevenage suffering more concern than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the host team positioned 17th and the away side in 22nd spot.
- Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City have played 11 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Salford City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Salford City, Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Rochdale, Oldham Athletic and Barrow), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Salford City lost their last game at Mansfield Town (placed 11th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Matthew Lund got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Lund scored one goal and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Chesterfield with the scoreline 0-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Salford City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 24 games) they have won twelve times, drawn nine and lost three.
Salford City has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Salford City have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Salford has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Stevenage form and stats
Stevenage have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Stevenage failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Carlisle United (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Jake Reeves got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, top player of the team. Reeves hit three key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Scunthorpe United.We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, five draws and eight defeats.
The attacking power of Stevenage when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Stevenage, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches. When Stevenage is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Rochdale, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.
Head 2 Head
Salford-Stevenage H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Salford City four wins, Stevenage zero wins, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. List 8 goals |   M. Lund 5 goals | B. Thomas-Asante 4 goals |
Salford City missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Salford City | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 33 |
| 90% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 80% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 40% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 55% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 20% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 12.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.2 | 10.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 26% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stevenage have scored away.
- Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Newport County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Salford City | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |