A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Salford City in 7th position and Walsall placed 8th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
The story so far in the League Two for Salford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two, at their home stadium (The Peninsula Stadium) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Salford City tasted defeat here at The Peninsula Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Happy days for Salford in their previous game, a League Two match away at Harrogate Town (placed 17th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, Salford hosted Newport County and drew the game 1-1.
Salford City are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Mansfield Town awaits in three days.
The Salford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Salford have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
The visitors are W2-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Walsall hope to make it five in this match. Walsall love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Walsall won their last game, 4-3 versus Port Vale played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Oldham Athletic.
What a finish in the last match, as Walsall came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Dan Scarr's goal in the 82nd minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Port Vale was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
After this away game Walsall return home for a League Two game against Scunthorpe United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Walsall's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Walsall struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Salford one win, zero draws and Walsall one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 8 goals |  I. Henderson 7 goals | A. Hunter 6 goals |
Salford City missing players
Walsall missing players
| Salford City | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 89% | 80% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 44% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 42% |
| 17% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 26% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 39% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 89% | 68% |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 22% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 11.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 33% |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
- Salford City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League Two
- Salford City has the most clean sheets (5) at home in League Two
- Salford City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Walsall | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 21 | Bradford City | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 22 | Barrow | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 13 |
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