Salford City vs Accrington Stanley

18 April 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee L Swabey

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Hakeeb Adelakun 70’ (pen)
  • Shaun Whalley 37’
  • Benjamin Woods 62’

Match summary

Accrington Stanley won 2-1 away at Salford City. Accrington Stanley led 1-0 at half-time.

Shaun Whalley put Accrington Stanley ahead with a header in the 37th minute, Benjamin Woods made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 62nd minute, and Hakeeb Adelakun pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

Shots finished 14-10 to Accrington Stanley, with 2 on target for Salford City and 6 for Accrington Stanley.

Match stats

Salford City Accrington Stanley
10 Shots 14
2 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 7
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Salford City Accrington Stanley
Kick-off
37’
Shaun Whalley0-1 (Accrington Stanley)
Half-time0-1
62’
Benjamin Woods0-2 (Accrington Stanley)
Hakeeb Adelakun
Penalty1-2 (Salford City)
70’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Salford City
  • Haji Mnoga
  • Ossama Ashley
  • Kelly N'Mai
Accrington Stanley
  • Michael Kelly
  • Shaun Whalley
  • Tyler Walton

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Accrington Stanley attacking Salford City attacking 
3’ Donald Love (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 13’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 17’ Ben Woodburn (Salford City), set piece, off target 20’ Ossama Ashley (Salford City), from a corner, off target 23’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), direct free kick, hit the woodwork 26’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, blocked 35’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, saved 35’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 35’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 37’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 43’ Conor Grant (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 44’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 51’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 52’ Sonny Aljofree (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 55’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 55’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, blocked 58’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 62’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), direct free kick, goal 65’ Luke Garbutt (Salford City), direct free kick, saved 70’ Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City), penalty, goal 75’ Devon Matthews (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 79’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 79’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 90+1’ Luke Garbutt (Salford City), open play, off target 3’ Donald Love (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 13’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 17’ Ben Woodburn (Salford City), set piece, off target 20’ Ossama Ashley (Salford City), from a corner, off target 23’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), direct free kick, hit the woodwork 26’ Rosaire Longelo (Salford City), open play, blocked 35’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, saved 35’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 35’ Tyler Walton (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 37’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 43’ Conor Grant (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 44’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 51’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 52’ Sonny Aljofree (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 55’ Cole Stockton (Salford City), open play, off target 55’ Matthew Lund (Salford City), open play, blocked 58’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 62’ Benjamin Woods (Accrington Stanley), direct free kick, goal 65’ Luke Garbutt (Salford City), direct free kick, saved 70’ Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City), penalty, goal 75’ Devon Matthews (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 79’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 79’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), set piece, saved 90+1’ Luke Garbutt (Salford City), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
Matthew Young
90′ – – – – – – –
Haji Mnoga
90′ – – – – – –
Tom Edwards Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Luke Garbutt
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Rosaire Longelo
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Ossama Ashley
90′ – – 1 – – –
Tyrese Fornah
90′ – – – – – – –
Hakeeb Adelakun
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Ben Woodburn Taken off
46′ – – 1 – – – –
Kelly N'Mai
90′ – – – – – –
Cole Stockton Taken off
63′ – – 2 – – – –
Lewis Warrington Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Matthew Lund Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – – –
Jon Taylor Came on as a substitute
27′ – – – – – – –
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

Salford City win 52% Avg odds 1.81
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.61
Accrington Stanley win 22% Avg odds 4.20

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

Form going into the game

Salford City WDDWD
Accrington Stanley DDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Accrington Stanley 0-2 Salford City, 21 Dec 24 Next meeting: Salford City 2-1 Accrington Stanley, 16 Aug 25  All Salford City vs Accrington Stanley meetings

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.