Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Salford City (10th, 70 pts) held a 44-point advantage over Scunthorpe United (24th, 26 pts). Salford City had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Salford City 1.3 scored and 1 conceded per game, Scunthorpe United 0.63 and 1.96, with the league averaging 1.23.
Salford City's last three games had all finished level. Scunthorpe United were winless in 7. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Salford City, 2/15 for Scunthorpe United.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Salford City, 0 for Scunthorpe United and 3 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 0% of meetings.
The match was played at The Peninsula Stadium in Salford (capacity 1,400). The referee was P. Wright, with 92 matches in our database and 1.2 yellows per game on average. Salford City led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 5-1 full-time score.