Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Salford City in 11th and Walsall in 15th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Salford City form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.
In their previous game, the manager G. Alexander led his Salford City to a defeat in the League Two match away at Grimsby Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Moor Lane. A strong away win before that one, visiting Oldham Athletic and winning 4-1.
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 five matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Salford City as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Port Vale are visiting.
Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Walsall form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Walsall won their last game, 1-0 versus Leyton Orient played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Carlisle United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Walsall, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Walsall, the EFL Trophy home match versus Portsmouth. Busy days.
Walsall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Walsall have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Walsall - Salford City 0-3.Top Goalscorers
  A. Rooney 6 goals |  J. Jervis 4 goals |   J. Gordon 4 goals |
Salford City missing players
Walsall missing players
| Salford City | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 34 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 76% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 60% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 44% |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 16% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 52% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 44% |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 5.9 | 5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 278 | 147 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 115 | 296 |
| 97 | 49 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 45 | 108 |
| 32% | 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 21% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 49 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 38 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Salford City | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 20 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 24 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 17 |