Eighteen-year-old Matty Young, on loan from Sunderland, has started his senior career in wonderful fashion. Young has kept 7 clean sheets in his first 8 Salford league starts.

Young’s save numbers aren’t spectacular down to the lack of shots Salford’s defence have allowed. He made 11 saves in his first 7 Salford league matches.

He does, however, have a precedent for multi saves. In Salford’s last fixture, a 1-0 win versus MK Dons, Young made 6 saves. He can expect to be just as busy against Manchester City.

On average Salford commit 14.4 fouls per game, the 2nd most in League Two behind Accrington.

Haji Mnoga plays right wing-back for Salford meaning he’s likely to be pitted against Manchester City foul magnet Jack Grealish.

Mnoga’s foul numbers for Salford in League Two this season read 0-0-0-2-1-1-3-4-0-4-2-4-3-0-1-1-1-4-5. He feels like a safe bet to draw the referee’s attention.

Cole Stockton is another likely player to provide a Salford foul. Although a Striker, Stockton can expect to be positioned inside his own half against a possession dominant Manchester City.

Stockton averages a foul every 80 minutes in League Two this season. Stockton has committed 12 fouls in his last 7 matches.

The third player fancied strongly to commit a foul in the game is powerful midfielder Tyrese Fornah.

Fornah has made 26 fouls in League Two this season at an average of 1.18 fouls per 90. In 20 League Two appearances this season Fornah has committed a foul in all but 3 matches.

Manchester City have forced 162 corners in the Premier League this season. Not team in the league have more. Tottenham have had 159. The 3rd ranked team are Bournemouth who have had 30 corners fewer than Manchester City.

On average Manchester City have had 8.1 corners per game in the Premier League this season. They have won 7 or more corners in 14/20 of Premier League matches.

Salford average 4.96 corners faced per 90 in League Two this season but they conceded 7 or more against Port Vale, Chesterfield, Tranmere, Crewe, Barrow and Harrogate.

Jack Grealish goes into the fixture with a point to prove after his manager publicly name checked him for criticism recently. Grealish only has 2 goal contributions to his name this season and will realise the need to do better if he is to remain relevant in this Manchester City squad.

Grealish’s expected goals and assists this season is 2.92 so he has left a little out on the pitch. This is an opportunity to improve his output.

Salford have the capability to keep the scoreline respectable. They’ve kept 7 clean sheets in their last 8 matches. Salford’s 19 goals conceded in League Two this season is the joint best effort alongside AFC Wimbledon. On average they only concede 0.83 goals per League Two game.

Twenty-one of 28 Manchester City matches in all competitions this season have had 4 goals or fewer. Meanwhile, the only Salford game to have more than 4 goals this season was their 3-2 EFL Trophy win versus Wolves’ academy side.

Only Accrington have committed more fouls than Salford in League Two this season. Salford average 14.4 fouls per game. They rank 3rd in League Two for yellow cards given with 67. They average 2.75 yellow cards per League Two game.

In the Premier League and in the Carabao Cup this season Manchester City’s opponents average 2.36 yellow cards per game.