Forest Green Rovers vs Salford City

5 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee D Middleton

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Conor McAleny 52’
  • Matt Smith 90+5’

Match summary

Salford City beat Forest Green Rovers 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Conor McAleny put Salford City ahead from a corner in the 52nd minute and Matt Smith made it 0-2 with a header in stoppage time.

Shots finished 19-7 to Forest Green Rovers, with 4 on target for Forest Green Rovers and 3 for Salford City.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Salford City
19 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Salford City
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
52’
Conor McAleny0-1 (Salford City)
90+5’
Matt Smith0-2 (Salford City)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Forest Green Rovers
  • Jamie Robson
  • Charlie McCann
  • Harvey Bunker
Salford City
  • Luke Bolton
  • Luke Garbutt
  • Callum Hendry

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Salford City attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
3’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 11’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, off target 24’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 25’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, hit the woodwork 28’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), set piece, saved 32’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 33’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, blocked 39’ Teddy Jenks (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 42’ Stevie Mallan (Salford City), open play, blocked 46’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 48’ Stevie Mallan (Salford City), set piece, blocked 52’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), from a corner, goal 53’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, off target 59’ Callum Jones (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 75’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 80’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 86’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 90+3’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ Dylan Kadji (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+5’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, goal 90+9’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 90+10’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 90+12’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+12’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+12’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+12’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 3’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, off target 11’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, off target 24’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 25’ Mathew Stevens (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, hit the woodwork 28’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), set piece, saved 32’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 33’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, blocked 39’ Teddy Jenks (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 42’ Stevie Mallan (Salford City), open play, blocked 46’ Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 48’ Stevie Mallan (Salford City), set piece, blocked 52’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), from a corner, goal 53’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, off target 59’ Callum Jones (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 75’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 80’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 86’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), open play, blocked 90+3’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ Dylan Kadji (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+5’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, goal 90+9’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, off target 90+10’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), open play, saved 90+12’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+12’ Dominic Bernard (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+12’ Matty Taylor (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+12’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
Luke Daniels
90′ – – – – – – –
Dominic Bernard
90′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Callum Jones Taken off
87′ – – 1 – – – –
Charlie McCann Taken off
67′ – – – – – –
Teddy Jenks Taken off
67′ – – 1 – – – –
Tyrese Omotoye Taken off
67′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Harvey Bunker Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 3 – – –
Dylan Kadji Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 1 – – – –
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 3 – – – –
Sean Robertson Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
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

Forest Green Rovers win 32% Avg odds 2.94
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36
Salford City win 40% Avg odds 2.32

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.