League Two fixture prediction and match guide for the Salford City vs Walsall scrap

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

League Two: The middle-of-the-table positions tell a story of the journey Salford City and Walsall have been on uptil now. Both sides are eager to play; let's go!

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.

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Salford City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City have managed 7 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 17 games.

A nice win for Salford City last time playing, versus Scunthorpe United. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Smith, Kelly and Thomas-Asante (3) scoring for the victors. Thomas-Asante, an attacker, was the champion player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 9.61 (out of 10). Thomas-Asante scored three goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Rochdale that finished 1-1.

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 23 games) they have won 13 times, drawn seven and lost three.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Crawley Town in only three days. This game is also played here at The Peninsula Stadium.

Salford City has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 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 14 from 17 matches.

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Walsall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-9 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Walsall's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Walsall has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Harrogate Town for a 1-1 draw.

Before that, Walsall secured a home win against Oldham Athletic with the score 2-1.

Walsall 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, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 14 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Walsall have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past meeting involving both these teams is the Walsall - Salford City 2-1 played earlier this season. Salford-Walsall H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Salford City three wins, Walsall two wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

WalsallG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
WalsallC. Wilkinson
C. Wilkinson
10 goals
Salford CityB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
9 goals

Salford City missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Salford City Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 3 Played P 5 19 38
14 7 2 Won W 1 4 12
11 7 1 Drew D 2 6 11
11 3 0 Lost L 2 9 15
44 23 3 Scored S 3 14 41
33 14 0 Conceded C 6 25 49
89% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
75% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 58% 66%
36% 35% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 26% 42%
8% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 26%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
47% 47% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 53%
42% 41% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 24%
22% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 29%
 
4.4 4.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.6 4.8
4.4 3.9 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.4
1.9 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.7 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.4 12.6 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 11.4
4.1 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.8 3.7
30% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 29%
 
12.1 11.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 11.4 10.8
3.6 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.4

  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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Exeter City 36 17 13 6 54 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 18 7 7 4 25 19 19 64
3 Northampton Town 38 18 9 11 45 33 19 11 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 12 63
4 Bristol Rovers 38 18 9 11 53 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 19 7 6 6 25 23 11 63
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 44 33 19 14 1 4 29 13 19 4 8 7 15 20 11 63
6 Newport County 38 17 11 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 19 8 5 6 24 25 13 62
7 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
8 Port Vale 36 16 11 9 55 36 18 9 5 4 28 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 19 59
9 Sutton United 37 16 10 11 55 43 19 11 5 3 32 16 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 58
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 36 14 11 11 44 33 17 7 7 3 23 14 19 7 4 8 21 19 11 53
12 Hartlepool United 37 14 9 14 39 48 18 9 6 3 22 16 19 5 3 11 17 32 -9 51
13 Crawley Town 37 13 9 15 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -6 48
14 Walsall 38 12 11 15 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 24 19 4 6 9 14 25 -8 47
15 Bradford City 38 11 13 14 43 47 19 4 8 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 46
16 Harrogate Town 37 11 11 15 53 58 18 5 7 6 27 25 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 44
17 Carlisle United 37 11 10 16 33 50 19 5 7 7 15 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -17 43
18 Leyton Orient 36 8 16 12 46 38 19 7 5 7 29 17 17 1 11 5 17 21 8 40
19 Rochdale 36 8 16 12 41 49 17 4 10 3 20 17 19 4 6 9 21 32 -8 40
20 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
21 Barrow 37 8 13 16 33 43 19 3 9 7 18 23 18 5 4 9 15 20 -10 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 36 7 10 19 35 56 17 4 3 10 21 30 19 3 7 9 14 26 -21 31
24 Scunthorpe United 38 4 12 22 26 68 19 3 5 11 13 27 19 1 7 11 13 41 -42 24

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  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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Exeter City 36 17 13 6 54 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 18 7 7 4 25 19 19 64
3 Northampton Town 38 18 9 11 45 33 19 11 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 12 63
4 Bristol Rovers 38 18 9 11 53 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 19 7 6 6 25 23 11 63
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 44 33 19 14 1 4 29 13 19 4 8 7 15 20 11 63
6 Newport County 38 17 11 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 19 8 5 6 24 25 13 62
7 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
8 Port Vale 36 16 11 9 55 36 18 9 5 4 28 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 19 59
9 Sutton United 37 16 10 11 55 43 19 11 5 3 32 16 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 58
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 36 14 11 11 44 33 17 7 7 3 23 14 19 7 4 8 21 19 11 53
12 Hartlepool United 37 14 9 14 39 48 18 9 6 3 22 16 19 5 3 11 17 32 -9 51
13 Crawley Town 37 13 9 15 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -6 48
14 Walsall 38 12 11 15 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 24 19 4 6 9 14 25 -8 47
15 Bradford City 38 11 13 14 43 47 19 4 8 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 46
16 Harrogate Town 37 11 11 15 53 58 18 5 7 6 27 25 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 44
17 Carlisle United 37 11 10 16 33 50 19 5 7 7 15 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -17 43
18 Leyton Orient 36 8 16 12 46 38 19 7 5 7 29 17 17 1 11 5 17 21 8 40
19 Rochdale 36 8 16 12 41 49 17 4 10 3 20 17 19 4 6 9 21 32 -8 40
20 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
21 Barrow 37 8 13 16 33 43 19 3 9 7 18 23 18 5 4 9 15 20 -10 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 36 7 10 19 35 56 17 4 3 10 21 30 19 3 7 9 14 26 -21 31
24 Scunthorpe United 38 4 12 22 26 68 19 3 5 11 13 27 19 1 7 11 13 41 -42 24

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.