This has all the signs of quite the entertaining contest at The Peninsula Stadium in the League Two. Salford City is in 6th position and host Stevenage in 2nd place. Learn more about the fixture here!
- Salford City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Stevenage have not yet lost a game.
The visiting Stevenage played their last game only four days ago, a Carabao Cup match.
Salford City form and stats
Perfect League Two season at home so far for Salford City 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The fans are hoping that Salford City will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Doncaster Rovers (placed 5th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through five league fixtures. The attacker Thomas-Asante was declared "man of the match" for Salford with a rating of 7.6/10. Thomas-Asante scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that match, a win away at Newport County.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 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Liverpool U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at The Peninsula Stadium.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Salford City at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stevenage form and stats
Four points from two away games for Stevenage, meaning one draw and one victory in the League Two so far.
The fans enjoyed Stevenage's previous game versus Peterborough United, a Carabao Cup win (1-0) played at home. James-Wildin, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.24. James-Wildin served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Carlisle United in the League Two.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stevenage playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 6 Stevenage wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Stevenage now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Peterborough United is waiting in only three days.
3 goals so far away for Stevenage, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former six meetings): Salford won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Stevenage got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four
Top Goalscorers
  B. Thomas-Asante 4 goals |  C. McAleny 1 goals |  L. Bolton 1 goals |
Salford City missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Salford City | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.5 | 17.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 4.6 |
| 43% | 56% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 9.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
- All of Salford City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Stevenage's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Salford City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Salford City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Salford City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Stevenage have not yet lost a game.
- Stevenage have scored in all their matches so far.
- Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Salford City | Last season | Stevenage | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Drew | D | 8 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 21 | ||
| 60 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Conceded | C | 38 | 68 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 74% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 13% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 50% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 41% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 26% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 52% | 41% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Salford City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Carlisle United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Newport County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
