8th position in the League Two table for Salford City so far, a strong performance. The match-going followers hope for more points as 10th-placed Walsall visit The Peninsula Stadium.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City have collected 12 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-3-4. With seven home League Two games in a row without a win, the Salford City fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
It's back home for Salford City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gillingham away with the result 3-0. Hendry, Vassell and Watson found the net in that victory. At last, a league victory after four games without one. Vassell, defender, was given a rating of 8.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Vassell scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.
Preceding that fixture, a home win against Bradford City in the EFL Trophy. This is expected to be a close game, with Salford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Salford as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Salford City has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Port Vale in only three days. This game is also played here at The Peninsula Stadium.
Salford City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Walsall, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Doncaster Rovers (placed 13th) last time out. Johnson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Johnson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, the victory at home against Carlisle United in the FA Cup (2-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Walsall, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Walsall as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior six meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Salford City, zero draws and two wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 11 goals |  R. Watson 4 goals |  C. Hendry 3 goals |
Salford City missing players
Walsall missing players
| Salford City | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 90% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 90% |
| 55% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 65% |
| 35% | 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 30% | 40% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 30% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 55% |
| 45% | 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 40% | 35% |
| 35% | 40% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 12 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 33% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 42% |
| 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 11.4 | 9.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Barrow | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Newport County | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
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