Salford City vs Sheffield Wednesday match stats & report

1–2 Full time

EFL Trophy · England · Group North - 1 · Peninsula Stadium, Salford · Ref A. Jackson

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Salford City lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 in the EFL Trophy (Group North - 1) on 22 September 2026. Salford City had 58% of the ball.

Salford City vs Sheffield Wednesday match statistics

Salford CitySheffield Wednesday

58% Ball possession 42%
19 Total shots 5
7 Shots on target 5
7 Shots off target 0
5 Blocked shots 0
11 Shots inside the box 3
6 Corners 2
9 Fouls 15
1 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
517 Passes 520
3 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

34' Goal B. Woodburn (assist R. Graydon) Salford City
45+2' Yellow card M. Butcher Salford City
55' Goal D. Keillor-Dunn (assist J. Akpobi) Sheffield Wednesday
57' Yellow card Jaden Heskey Sheffield Wednesday
69' Yellow card Z. Awe Salford City
73' Yellow card R. Graydon Salford City
75' Yellow card B. Woodburn Salford City
77' Penalty scored J. Lowe Sheffield Wednesday

The Ghost's call

The Ghost didn't rate this match before kickoff.

What matters

Salford City win 7.5 corners a game — 85th percentile in this competition.
Sheffield Wednesday score 1 a game — 28th percentile in this competition.
Sheffield Wednesday have kept 2 clean sheets in 10.

Team news & lineups

Salford City

Confirmed 5-3-2 Peter Cklamovski

26 L. Burge

29 L. Garbutt 3 Z. Awe 15 B. Cooper 4 W. Aimson 14 A. Odoh

8 J. Grant 7 B. Woodburn 18 M. Butcher

19 R. Graydon 30 K. Malcolm

Bench S. Long , H. Carson , O. Turton , A. Oluwo , F. McMahon-Brown , P. Mariani , D. Udoh

Sheffield Wednesday

Confirmed 4-3-2-1 Henrik Pedersen

13 A. Maynard-Brewer

33 R. James 5 D. Bernard 30 Ernie Weaver 2 L. Palmer

50 D. Keillor-Dunn 18 Jaden Heskey 37 J. Thornton

44 J. Akpobi 19 W. Grainger

48 Mason Paul James Burstow

Bench C. Trueman , C. Slattery , G. Otegbayo , D. Oliver , W. McPartland , J. Lowe , S. Duruh

Form now

Each side's form as of 3 November 2026, from its matches up to then — not the form this match was played on.

Salford City at home

7–1–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 7.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sheffield Wednesday away

4–3–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 5.1 per game
Shots on target: 4.9 per game

40% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.