Accrington ST vs Salford City Prediction

Different shapes to their recent form

Salford's broader run of 20 matches across competitions shows 11 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with 33 goals scored and 24 conceded. There have been some big swings in there too, including a 1-4 defeat at Oldham and a 3-3 draw at Rotherham, alongside several tidy away wins.

Accrington ST: 20 completed matches; Salford City: 20 completed matches.

Accrington ST

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

22

Difference

+10

Salford City

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

23

Difference

+14

Accrington's equivalent run reads very differently: just 6 wins but 10 draws from 20 games, with goals shared fairly evenly at 27 for and 22 against. That's a lot of level matches, suggesting a side that's hard to beat outright but also struggles to turn games into wins.

Accrington's habit of drawing games suggests this one could be tighter than the table gap implies.

Comparative Team Statistics: Accrington ST vs Salford City

Recent meetings have gone both ways

Beyond last month's EFL Trophy draw, the pair met in League Two back in February, with Accrington winning 1-0 at home. Go back further and the results swing around quite a bit, with wins for both sides in various competitions over the last few seasons.

This isn't a fixture with a clear recent trend, and the sample mixes League Two, EFL Trophy and even older friendly meetings, so it's worth treating as background rather than a strong pointer either way.

A big points gap after 11 games each

Salford have picked up 22 points from 11 league games, with seven wins and just three defeats. Accrington have played the same number of matches but sit on 14 points, a mix of three wins, five draws and three losses.

That's a notable gap at this stage of the season, though this table only shows these two clubs rather than the full division, so it's best read as a snapshot of where they stand against each other rather than their wider league context.

Salford's start has been considerably more productive than Accrington's so far.

Players carrying the goal threat

Accrington's C. Caton has been their standout scorer, with 5 goals in 7 matches, while Salford's J. Powell has chipped in with 3 goals and 2 assists in 8 games. L. Molyneux has been Salford's main creative outlet, picking up 3 assists in 7 appearances.

Accrington ST:

Best scorers:

C. Caton - 5

Penalty cards:

D. Matthews x 1 x 3

J. Woods x 4

Salford City:

Best scorers:

J. Powell - 3

Best assist providers:

L. Molyneux - 3

J. Powell - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Odoh x 1 x 2

On discipline, Accrington's J. Woods and D. Matthews have picked up the most yellow cards between the two squads, which is worth keeping in mind without reading too much into it this far out from kickoff.