SALFORD. Salford City had a surprising win over Oldham Athletic with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Lund (45′) and a goal from T. Brandon (77′). Oldham Athletic lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the The Peninsula Stadium stadium in Salford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Howard with the help of Robert Atkin and Stephen Wade. The 4th official was Aaron Jackson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.4 degrees Celsius or 36.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Oldham Athletic had a strong ball possession 57% while Salford City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Salford City was has a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Salford City won the match​.

Salford City shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Oldham Athletic shot 12 times, 1 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Salford City received 3 yellow cards (T. Brandon, J. Turnbull and A. Eastham). Talking about the opposition, Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards (J. Stobbs, H. Hope and S. Hart).

Standings

After playing this match, Salford City will have 24 points like Bradford City, Rochdale and Walsall to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Oldham Athletic will stay with 15 points to sit in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Salford City will play away with Barrow on the 8th of December with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Salford City (0 draws).

Oldham Athletic will host Tranmere Rovers on the 7th of December with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Oldham Athletic (5 draws).

Salford City – Formation

Salford City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gary Bowyer decided to play with the following team: Tom King (7.1), Liam Shephard (7.4), Ashley Eastham (7.5), Jordan Turnbull (7.5), Ibou Touray (7.4), Donald Love (7.6), Jason Lowe (7.1), Brandon Thomas-Asante (6.9), Matthew Lund (7.9), Josh Morris (7.3) and Tom Elliott (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Andrew Smith, T. Vassell, Conor McAleny (6.8), T. Wright, Z. Jeacock, A. Oteh and M. Dackers.

Substitutions

Salford City made only 1 change substituting T. Elliott for C. McAleny (70′)​.

Best player: Matthew Lund​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salford City was Matthew Lund.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Oldham Athletic – Formation

Also Oldham Athletic adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Keith Curle played with: Jayson Leutwiler (6.5), Dylan Fage (6.5), Harrison McGahey (6.2), Carl Piergianni (7.8), Sam Hart (6.4), Jamie Bowden (6.8), Callum Whelan (6.1), Dylan Bahamboula (6.1), Davis Keillor-Dunn (7.0), Jamie Hopcutt (6.7) and Zachary Dearnley (6.8).

They had on the bench: L. Southerington, Nicky Adams (7.0), F. Bettache, H. Vaughan, Jack Stobbs (6.2), J. Clarke and Hallam Hope (6.6).

Substitutions

Oldham Athletic made 3 changes: J. Hopcutt for H. Hope (56′), Z. Dearnley for J. Stobbs (76′) and D. Fage for N. Adams (84′).

Best player: Carl Piergianni​

The most impressive player for Oldham Athletic was Carl Piergianni.

His rating is (7.8) with 57 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 17 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Carlisle United – Walsall – 1-0
• Crawley Town – Mansfield Town – 1-2
• Forest Green Rovers – Bristol Rovers – 2-0
• Northampton Town – Leyton Orient – 1-0
• Port Vale – Hartlepool United – 2-0
• Rochdale – Exeter City – 1-1
• Salford City – Oldham Athletic – 2-0
• Scunthorpe United – Bradford City – 1-1
• Sutton United – Barrow – 1-0
• Swindon Town – Harrogate Town – 1-1