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Saturday 23 August 2025 · 12:30 · HT 1-0 · Referee James Oldham

Walsall v Salford City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Walsall's last 2 home games and Salford City's last 2 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 4, with 8.0 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Walsall v Salford City, full match

30%

Possession

70%

3.87

Expected goals (xG)

0.20

18

Shots

6

Shots on target

3

5

Corners

2

12

Fouls

9

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

32'

Goal

Harrison Burke WAL

37'

Yellow card

Vincent Harper WAL

90+3'

Yellow card

Rosaire Longelo SAL

90+3'

Yellow card

Brandon Comley WAL

At a glance

Walsall

13th in the table

L

W

L

W

Salford City

4th in the table

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Walsall's home games and Salford City's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Walsall's last 2 home games and Salford City's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

1/4 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

4/4 games · League 55%

Walsall clean sheet

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Salford City clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Walsall fail to score

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Salford City fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 2.6

Corners

8.0

League 9.8

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Walsall

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Myles Roberts

DEFENDERS

5

MIDFIELDERS

FORWARDS

19

Aaron Pressley

37

Albert Adomah

SUBSTITUTES

Sam Hornby

Priestley Farquharson

17

Salford City

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Matthew Young

DEFENDERS

20

22

29

MIDFIELDERS

7

Ben Woodburn

8

Jorge Grant

Josh Austerfield

FORWARDS

21

SUBSTITUTES

18

Referee: James Oldham

11 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.09

Fouls per game

24.7

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.09

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

WAL

SAL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.8

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

4/4

100%

4/4

100%

8/8

94%

Over 1.5

50%

2/4

75%

3/4

63%

5/8

77%

Over 2.5

50%

2/4

75%

3/4

63%

5/8

47%

Over 3.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

21%

Over 4.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

13%

Bet

WAL

SAL

Match

League

Yes

50%

2/4

75%

3/4

63%

5/8

55%

Yes and win

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4

75%

3/4

63%

5/8

40%

Yes and draw

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

19%

Yes and loss

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

18%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

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Bet

WAL

SAL

Match

League

Corners per match

7.8

9.8

8.8

9.2

Over 7.5

50%

2/4

75%

3/4

63%

5/8

60%

Over 8.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

47%

Over 9.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

36%

Over 10.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

23%

Over 11.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

23%

Over 12.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

19%

Referee James Oldham: 3.4 cards and 24.7 fouls per game in 11 games this season

Bet

WAL

SAL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.5

4.2

Over 2.5

100%

4/4

75%

3/4

88%

7/8

77%

Over 3.5

100%

4/4

75%

3/4

88%

7/8

70%

Over 4.5

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

38%

3/8

40%

Over 5.5

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

38%

3/8

26%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Adebola Oluwo

4 starts · 0.5 per 90

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Connor Barrett

4 starts · 0.5 per 90

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Ben Woodburn

3 starts · 0.4 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Walsall

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Grimsby Town

(H)

0-1

L

16 Aug

Barnet

(A)

2-1

W

9 Aug

Gillingham

(A)

0-1

L

2 Aug

Swindon Town

(H)

2-1

W

Salford City

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Newport County

(A)

1-0

W

16 Aug

Accrington Stanley

(H)

2-1

W

9 Aug

Notts County

(A)

2-1

W

2 Aug

Crewe Alexandra

(H)

1-3

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Walsall and Salford City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League Two table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Bromley

46

24

15

7

71

46

+25

87

W

L

D

L

W

2

MK Dons

46

24

14

8

86

45

+41

86

D

W

D

3

Cambridge Utd

46

22

16

8

66

33

+33

82

D

W

L

D

W

4

Salford

46

25

6

15

61

51

+10

81

D

W

D

L

5

Notts County

46

24

8

14

74

52

+22

80

D

W

L

W

6

Chesterfield

46

21

16

9

71

56

+15

79

W

D

W

D

7

Grimsby

46

22

12

74

50

+24

78

D

W

L

8

Barnet

46

21

13

12

70

53

+17

76

W

9

Swindon

46

22

9

15

70

59

+11

75

L

D

L

W

10

Oldham

46

18

14

60

44

+16

68

W

L

11

Crewe

46

19

10

17

64

58

+6

67

D

L

W

12

Colchester

46

18

12

16

62

49

+13

66

W

L

W

13

Walsall

46

18

11

17

56

0

65

L

W

L

14

Bristol Rovers

46

19

5

22

56

65

-9

62

D

W

15

Fleetwood

46

15

16

15

57

58

-1

61

D

W

L

16

Accrington

46

14

11

21

47

58

-11

53

L

D

L

17

Gillingham

46

13

14

19

53

72

-19

53

W

L

D

18

Cheltenham

46

14

10

22

53

79

-26

52

L

W

19

Shrewsbury

46

13

10

23

42

69

-27

49

L

D

W

L

20

Newport

46

12

7

27

48

77

-29

43

W

L

W

L

21

Tranmere

46

10

11

25

54

79

-25

41

D

L

W

L

D

22

Crawley

46

8

16

22

44

68

-24

40

D

L

23

Harrogate Town

46

10

9

27

39

68

-29

39

L

W

L

24

Barrow AFC

46

9

28

45

78

-33

36

L

W

L

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Walsall v Salford City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Walsall

Salford City

Referee: James Oldham

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Walsall

Salford City

Head to head

League Two table