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Salford City face off with away side Sutton United at Peninsula Stadium in this League Two meeting on Friday.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Salford City v Sutton United are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Salford City
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Salford City, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 League Two success over Notts County.
The only player to score from Salford City was Conor McAleny (31', 87'). Dan Crowley (53') scored for Notts County.
Salford City have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although theyโve also done enough to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Salford City have conceded in 6 of them while also scoring in 5 of those games. That pattern wonโt necessarily be carried forward here, however.
Sutton United
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Sutton United head into the match following a 3-1 League Two win with the downing of Accrington Stanley in their last match.
For Sutton United, the goalscorers were Harry Smith (16'), Omar Sowunmi (68') and Sashiel Adom-Malaki (74'). Jake Bickerstaff (85') was the scorer for Accrington Stanley.
The stats donโt lie, and Sutton United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. Defensively, Sutton United have some weaknesses to address.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 05/03/2019 shows that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Sutton United. Theyโve not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Salford City have been superior, finishing as winners in 67% of those match-ups.
In all, 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 for The Ammies and 1 created by The U's. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.
The last league encounter featuring the two was League Two match day 11 on 03/10/2023 and the score finished Sutton United 0-2 Salford City.
The match was refereed by Carl Brook.
๐ Team News: Salford City
The Salford City boss Karl Robinson does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash with a completely healthy group ready to go.
โน๏ธ Team News: Sutton United
Owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Sutton United manager Steve Morison has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.
๐ฎ Prediction
Weโve got the feeling that Sutton United have it in them to get a goal against this Salford City team, although it may not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.
We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Salford City when all is said and done. Could easily see this go either way.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 14:08 29/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Salford City
Formed: 1940
Stadium: Peninsula Stadium (5,108)
Captain: Alex Cairns
Manager: Karl Robinson
Competitions: League Two position 19
๐ Key Player: Conor McAleny
Mostly played in the Left Wing position, Conor McAleny was born in Liverpool, England. After having played his first senior match for Everton in the 2011 - 2012 season, the gifted Forward has struck 6 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 season so far in 32 appearances.
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39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 73 | LWLWD |
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38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 71 | DWDDW |
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39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 70 | WWDLW |
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40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 67 | WWLWL |
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39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 65 | LLWLD |
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38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | WWDDW |
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38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 59 | LWWDW |
8 |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 59 | LDLDW |
9 |
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40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 58 | DWWLD |
10 |
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38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 56 | WWLDD |
11 |
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39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 55 | LLWWL |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | WLLLL |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | DLDDW |
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39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 51 | LLDWL |
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40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 50 | WDWWL |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 50 | LLWDL |
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39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 50 | WLLLL |
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38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 49 | LDWWW |
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40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 47 | LLDWW |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 44 | WDLLL |
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38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | -16 | 39 | DDWDL |
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37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 34 | DDLDD |
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40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -26 | 33 | LDLWW |
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39 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -27 | 33 | LWWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2.7 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 5-3 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 2.2 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 4-3 |
Biggest defeat | 8-0 |
Matt Smith | 24 |
Callum Hendry | 8 |
Conor McAleny | 6 |
Ryan Watson | 6 |
Matty Lund | 3 |
Harry Smith | 10 |
Charlie Lakin | 7 |
Harry Beautyman | 5 |
Omari Patrick | 5 |
Oliver Sanderson | 4 |
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