Tranmere in deserved victory over Salford

Tranmere hosted Salford City this afternoon in their latest fixture in the 2022/23 League Two season.

Ahead of the game, Micky Mellon said, “We’re looking forward to the game. Everyone who comes to Tranmere expects the team to perform and I’m sure that Salford will. We’re looking forward to the game and getting back on the pitch, we’re looking forward to looking like ourselves again.

“We want to see more tempo and more powerful running and fast-paced passing, so we’re looking forward to trying to get back to that against Salford at the weekend.

“We’ll put out a Tranmere team that can represent the Club properly.”

Match Report: Tranmere Rovers v Salford City

Tranmere Rovers 1	v	0 Salford City
Morris (22′)	Goals
Bristow (22′)	Assists
	HT 1-0

A first-half goal from Kieron Morris proved to be the deciding factor as Tranmere beat Salford 1-0 in their latest game of the League Two season at Prenton Park.

This result saw Tranmere climb back into the top half of the standings, while Salford missed the opportunity to move into fourth place.

The proceedings got off to a quick start when Louis Barry launched a shot from 25 yards, but it missed its mark. Shortly after, Kieron Morris redirected a header onto the crossbar, all within the first five minutes.

Early on, Salford caused some concern as Ryan Watson fired a shot just wide of the mark from 20 yards out.

However, Tranmere took the lead in the mid-first half when Kieron Morris slid in to put away a low cross from Ethan Bristow at the far post.

Tranmere exerted continuous pressure, as crosses from Hemmings and Dacres-Cogley were both cleared by the Salford defence.

Tranmere were firmly in charge of the match and Salford’s goalkeeper, Alex Cairns, was forced to make a fantastic save from Harvey Saunders’ well-struck low drive. Just before halftime, Saunders was at it again and almost scored a spectacular goal as his overhead kick narrowly missed the mark.

At half time the score remained at 1-0, with Tranmere and Salford having roughly an equal share of possession, but the hosts having six attempts at goal compared to the visitor’s three.

After the break, Conor McAleny came close to scoring for Salford, while on the other end, Alex Cairns made a clever save from Morris.

The visitors then had some misfortune when some frantic defending saw Bristow clear Luke Bolton’s shot off the line and onto the post, before Tom Davies hacked away Matt Smith’s follow-up attempt.

Towards the end of the match, Morris nearly scored a second goal when his long-range shot was stopped by a diving save from Cairns.

The deserved result means Salford sit in sixth place and Tranmere climb to 11th, four points off the playoffs.

Tranmere visit Bradford City for a 7:45pm kick off on Tuesday 14 February in their next game of the 2022/23 League Two season.

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