Tranmere Rovers vs Salford City

19 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Tallis

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 2–1

Connor Jennings 6’
Kristian Dennis 36’
Charlie Jolley 87’

Matt Smith 34’
Callum Hendry 47’, 68’, 85’

Match summary

Salford City came from behind to win 4-3 away at Tranmere Rovers. Tranmere Rovers led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Connor Jennings put Tranmere Rovers ahead with a header in the 6th minute, Matt Smith equalised in the 34th minute, and Kristian Dennis put Tranmere Rovers back in front in the 36th minute. In the second half, Callum Hendry equalised in the 47th minute, Hendry put Salford City in front in the 68th minute, Hendry made it 2-4 in the 85th minute, and Charlie Jolley pulled one back to make it 3-4 in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 15-13 to Salford City, with 6 on target for Tranmere Rovers and 6 for Salford City.

Match stats

13 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Tranmere Rovers Salford City

Kick-off

Connor Jennings

1-0

6’

34’

Matt Smith

1-1

Kristian Dennis

2-1

36’

Half-time2-1

47’

Callum Hendry

2-2

68’

Callum Hendry

2-3

85’

Callum Hendry

2-4

Charlie Jolley

3-4

87’

Full-time3-4

Bookings

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

Tranmere Rovers

Jordan Turnbull

Salford City

Matthew Lund
Callum Hendry

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Salford City attacking Tranmere Rovers attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Luke McGee	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lee O'Connor Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Davies	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jordan Turnbull	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jake Leake Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kieron Morris	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Regan Hendry	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Jennings	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Luke Norris Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kristian Dennis	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Sam Taylor Taken off	56′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josef Yarney Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Paul Lewis Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Charlie Jolley Came on as a substitute	34′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh Hawkes Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Alex Cairns	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Shephard Taken off	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Theo Vassell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Curtis Tilt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Bolton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Lund	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Stevie Mallan	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Luke Garbutt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Smith	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Callum Hendry Taken off	90′	3	–	6	–	–	–
Conor McAleny Taken off	75′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ryan Watson Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Tranmere Rovers win 38% Avg odds 2.48

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.20

Salford City win 33% Avg odds 2.84

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

Form going into the game

Tranmere Rovers D L L L W

Salford City W L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Salford City, 11 Feb 23 Next meeting: Salford City 1-5 Tranmere Rovers, 26 Dec 23 All Tranmere Rovers vs Salford City 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.