Salford City vs Forest Green Rovers

6 January 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Matt Smith 4’
Ryan Watson 90+1’ (pen)

Charlie McCann 39’
Mathew Stevens 70’

Match summary

Salford City and Forest Green Rovers drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Matt Smith put Salford City ahead with a header in the 4th minute and Charlie McCann equalised in the 39th minute. In the second half, Mathew Stevens put Forest Green Rovers in front in the 70th minute and Ryan Watson equalised from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

Shots finished 13-12 to Forest Green Rovers, with 5 on target for Salford City and 3 for Forest Green Rovers. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

12 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 1

Key events

Salford City Forest Green Rovers

Kick-off

Matt Smith

1-0

4’

39’

Charlie McCann

1-1

Half-time1-1

70’

Mathew Stevens

1-2

Ryan Watson
Penalty

2-2

90+1’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Salford City

Adrian Mariappa
Elliot Watt
Luke Garbutt

Forest Green Rovers

Ryan Inniss
Harvey Bunker
Fankaty Dabo

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Forest Green Rovers attacking Salford City attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Alex Cairns	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethan Ingram Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adrian Mariappa Sent off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Curtis Tilt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Declan John Taken off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Watson	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Elliot Watt	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Luke Garbutt	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Luke Bolton	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Matt Smith	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Conor McAleny Taken off	83′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Junior Luamba Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Lund Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kelly N'Mai Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


Luke Daniels	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Bernard Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Inniss Sent off	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–
Jordan Moore-Taylor	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Robson	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Reece Brown Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harvey Bunker	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie McCann	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Fankaty Dabo	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–
Mathew Stevens Taken off	86′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Kyle McAllister	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Jones Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alfie Bendle Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 37% Avg odds 2.54

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52

Forest Green Rovers win 36% Avg odds 2.57

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

Form going into the game

Salford City D L L L L

Forest Green Rovers L D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Salford City, 05 Aug 23 All Salford City vs Forest Green Rovers 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.