Cheltenham Town vs Salford City

25 January 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee A Backhouse

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Tommy Backwell 31’
  • Jordan Thomas 80’
  • Curtis Tilt 90+5’

Match summary

Cheltenham Town beat Salford City 2-1. Cheltenham Town led 1-0 at half-time.

Tommy Backwell put Cheltenham Town ahead in the 31st minute, Jordan Thomas made it 2-0 in the 80th minute, and Curtis Tilt pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in stoppage time.

Shots finished 17-11 to Cheltenham Town, with 6 on target for Cheltenham Town and 3 for Salford City.

Match stats

Cheltenham Town Salford City
17 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Cheltenham Town Salford City
Kick-off
Tommy Backwell1-0 (Cheltenham Town)
31’
Half-time1-0
Jordan Thomas2-0 (Cheltenham Town)
80’
90+5’
Curtis Tilt2-1 (Salford City)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cheltenham Town
  • Joe Day
Salford City
  • Liam Shephard
  • Cole Stockton

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Salford City attacking Cheltenham Town attacking 
2’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, off target 3’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 5’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, off target 6’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 13’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 21’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), direct free kick, blocked 25’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 29’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 31’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, goal 31’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 34’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, saved 38’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 38’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 48’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, blocked 56’ Sam Stubbs (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 57’ George Miller (Cheltenham Town), set piece, blocked 60’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 72’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), from a corner, off target 73’ Ashley Hay (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 78’ Ashley Hay (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 78’ Scot Bennett (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 79’ Matty Taylor (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 79’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 80’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 83’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 85’ Lewis Warrington (Salford City), from a corner, off target 87’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), open play, blocked 88’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, saved 90+5’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, goal 2’ Tyrese Fornah (Salford City), open play, off target 3’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 5’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, off target 6’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 13’ Arkell Jude-Boyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 21’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), direct free kick, blocked 25’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 29’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 31’ Tommy Backwell (Cheltenham Town), open play, goal 31’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 34’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, saved 38’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 38’ Ethon Archer (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 48’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, blocked 56’ Sam Stubbs (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 57’ George Miller (Cheltenham Town), set piece, blocked 60’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 72’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), from a corner, off target 73’ Ashley Hay (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 78’ Ashley Hay (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 78’ Scot Bennett (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, blocked 79’ Matty Taylor (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 79’ Luke Young (Cheltenham Town), open play, blocked 80’ Jordan Thomas (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 83’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 85’ Lewis Warrington (Salford City), from a corner, off target 87’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), open play, blocked 88’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, saved 90+5’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Joe Day
90′ – – – – – –
Arkell Jude-Boyd Taken off
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Scot Bennett
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Liam Kinsella
90′ – – – – – – –
Luke Young
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Jordan Thomas Taken off
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Tommy Backwell Taken off
72′ 1 – 3 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
George Miller Taken off
62′ – – 1 – – – –
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute
28′ – – 1 – – – –
Ashley Hay Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 2 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cheltenham Town win 27% Avg odds 3.40
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Salford City win 44% Avg odds 2.15

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.