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Tranmere Rovers v Salford City : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st Jan, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Tranmere Rovers and Salford City take on one another at the Prenton Park on Saturday afternoon, with both Andy Crosby and Karl Robinson hoping for success in the League Two. For every League Two preview, KickOff explores the stats for multiple markets. Meaningful stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then brought forward alongside the best odds.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Tranmere
30%
--
Draw
24%
--
Salford
46%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Salford 2-1
9%
--
Salford 1-0
9%
--
Tranmere 2-1
7%
--
Salford 2-0
7%
--
Tranmere 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Salford 3-1
5%
--
Tranmere 2-0
4%
--
Salford 3-0
4%
--
Salford 3-2
3%
--
Tranmere 3-1
3%
--
Tranmere 3-2
3%
--
Salford 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
51%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
23%
--
Home/draw
54%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
47%
--
Away DNB
63%
--
Tranmere win to nil
14%
--
Salford win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Tranmere have conceded 35 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 14 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Salford lay in 4th place on 46 points in the League Two league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored 32 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Salford have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Salford have played 13 away games, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Tranmere
Salford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley2615741752 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
l
 
2-0A
2
Swindon2514471246 
Mar 21
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
2-3F
3
Walsall2514471146 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-2A
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
4
Salford251447546 
Jan 31
l
 
3-1A
-
-
5
MK Dons2612862044 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
Mar 28
l
 
2-0A
6
Cambridge2512851044 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 24
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 21
7
Notts C2512671142 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 21
Apr 3
w
 
1-2F
8
Chesterfield2610115741 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
Jan 27
l
 
2-0A
9
Colchester2510961139 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-3A
Feb 28
10
Crewe261169839 
l
 
1-4A
Feb 28
l
 
1-3A
Apr 6
11
Grimsby251078637 
May 2
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
-
12
Oldham258116635 
Mar 7
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
13
Barnet25988535 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 27
Mar 7
w
 
1-3F
14
Gillingham258116435 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 7
Apr 11
w
 
1-2F
15
Fleetwood25979134 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
16
Accrington259610-133 
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
Feb 5
17
Tranmere268810-232 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
Jan 31
18
Cheltenham269314-1730 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
19
Barrow256613-1124 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-3F
Mar 17
w
 
1-2F
20
Shrewsbury255713-1922 
w
 
4-0F
Apr 3
-
w
 
1-3F
21
Bristol R256316-2421 
Apr 18
w
 
1-4F
Jan 24
l
 
2-1F
22
Crawley264715-1819 
Feb 14
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-3A
May 2
23
Harrogate264616-2218 
Mar 17
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
24
Newport254516-2017 
d
 
1-1F
-
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Salford have won 3 consecutive away league games
Tranmere 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere1 - 3Walsall
Tranmere0 - 2Bromley
Tranmere1 - 3Barrow
Tranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
Tranmere1 - 4Crewe
Tranmere2 - 2MK Dons
Tranmere3 - 2Cheltenham
Tranmere1 - 1Chesterfield
Tranmere0 - 2Barnet
Tranmere0 - 0Cambridge
Tranmere1 - 1Newport
Tranmere1 - 2Notts C
Tranmere1 - 1Gillingham
Tranmere4 - 0Shrewsbury
Tranmere2 - 0Crewe
Tranmere0 - 3Doncaster
Tranmere4 - 0Chesterfield
Tranmere2 - 0Cheltenham
Tranmere2 - 1Bromley
Tranmere1 - 1Port Vale
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HTranmere1 - 3Walsall
HTranmere0 - 2Bromley
ATranmere2 - 0Harrogate
HTranmere1 - 3Barrow
HTranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
ATranmere1 - 3Oldham
HTranmere1 - 4Crewe
ATranmere3 - 0Barrow
ATranmere2 - 1Grimsby
HTranmere2 - 2MK Dons
HTranmere3 - 2Cheltenham
ATranmere1 - 2Swindon
ATranmere1 - 1Accrington
HTranmere1 - 1Chesterfield
ATranmere4 - 1Bristol R
HTranmere0 - 2Barnet
ATranmere3 - 3Bromley
HTranmere0 - 0Cambridge
ATranmere2 - 4Walsall
HTranmere1 - 1Newport
Salford 5TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swindon2 - 3Salford
Barrow1 - 2Salford
Barnet1 - 3Salford
Fleetwood1 - 1Salford
Bromley2 - 0Salford
MK Dons2 - 0Salford
Gillingham1 - 2Salford
Chesterfield2 - 0Salford
Bristol R2 - 1Salford
Shrewsbury1 - 3Salford
Walsall1 - 0Salford
Newport0 - 1Salford
Notts C1 - 2Salford
Carlisle2 - 2Salford
Morecambe1 - 3Salford
Notts C1 - 3Salford
Barrow1 - 1Salford
Bromley2 - 3Salford
Grimsby0 - 1Salford
Swindon2 - 2Salford
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASalford3 - 2Swindon
ASalford2 - 1Barrow
HSalford0 - 0Fleetwood
HSalford1 - 0Harrogate
ASalford3 - 1Barnet
HSalford4 - 3Colchester
ASalford1 - 1Fleetwood
HSalford4 - 3Crawley
ASalford0 - 2Bromley
ASalford0 - 2MK Dons
HSalford0 - 0Cambridge
ASalford2 - 1Gillingham
HSalford1 - 0Oldham
ASalford0 - 2Chesterfield
HSalford0 - 2Grimsby
ASalford1 - 2Bristol R
HSalford3 - 2Swindon
ASalford3 - 1Shrewsbury
HSalford3 - 1Tranmere
HSalford1 - 1Cheltenham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Tranmere since 2021
Tranmere
Salford
Goals: Scored
6
4
Games: Scored
3 / 5
1 / 5
Clean sheets
4 / 5
2 / 5
TRA
2
D
2
SAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
Draw0 - 0Draw
3 - 4Salford
Tranmere1 - 0
Tranmere2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Salford since 2020
Salford
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
9
10
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
TRA
2
D
2
SAL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Salford
Salford3 - 1
Salford2 - 0
1 - 5Tranmere
0 - 1Tranmere
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Tranmere 17th Salford 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Salford will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Tranmere’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+33
Salford have scored 33% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Salford
1.3
1.6
Attack rating
13%
better
TRA
SAL
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Games scored23
18
Failed to score3
7
Scored first13
14
Goals scored40
38
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.8
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
TRA
SAL
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
20
Clean sheets6
5
Conceded first12
9
Goals conceded42
33
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
15%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.5
KickOff rating
+9%

Tranmere v Salford League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26745
N SmithC WhitakerO PatrickP Brough
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Smith DEF263
4
-
C Jennings FWD2643
2
-
P Brough DEF251
5
-
C Norman DEF2532
4
-
R Smallwood  MID251
4
-
C Whitaker MID2472
2
-
J Davison FWD2422
2
-
J. Joseph DEF2211
3
-
J Ironside FWD1941
3
-
J Murphy GLK18
2
-
B. Blacker MID1811
2
-
N Kenneh MID181
3
-
O Patrick FWD1864
1
-
K Dennis FWD1541
2
-
J Turnbull DEF141
3
-
A McGowan DEF132
1
-
S Finley MID13
3
-
T. Harris FWD131
1
-
E Bristow DEF11
2
-
J Lowe MID9
-
S Solomon FWD8
1
-
L O'Connor DEF7
1
-
L McGee GLK5
1
-
J. Barrett GLK3
-
Salford League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25767
L GarbuttD UdohD UdohH Mnoga
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Garbutt DEF2532
6
-
K Cesay MID2443
2
-
M. Young GLK231
-
A Olowu DEF234
5
-
O Turton DEF221
2
-
J Grant MID2212
2
-
J Austerfield MID2222
1
-
M Butcher MID212
2
-
K Harris MID1943
5
-
D Udoh FWD1976
2
-
R Longelo DEF181
3
-
K N'Mai MID1642
5
-
B Cooper DEF15
4
-
B Woodburn MID1522
4
-
C Stockton FWD1511
-
H Mnoga MID12
6
1
F Borini FWD1011
2
-
O Ashley MID81
3
-
J Bird FWD8
1
-
T Edwards DEF5
1
-
N Siri FWD5
-
M Rose DEF3
-
K. Malcolm FWD3
-
M Howard GLK2
-
L Ayina DEF1
1
-