Big Match Preview

SAINTS travel to Salford tonight having won nine of the last ten matches against the Red Devils.

Squads:

Jonny Lomax has been named in Saints’ 19 man squad alognside Morgan Knowles and Matty Smith. Read more here.

Last Ten Meetings:

St Helens 34, Salford 20 (SLR14, 13/5/16)
Salford 44, St Helens 10 (SLR2, 11/2/16)
St Helens 32, Salford 12 (SLR17, 5/6/15)
Salford 6, St Helens 52 (SLR2, 12/2/15)
St Helens 32, Salford 12 (SLR15, 30/5/14)
Salford 0, St Helens 38 (SLR3, 27/2/14)
Salford 10, St Helens 52 (SLR19, 21/6/13)
St Helens 14, Salford 10 (SLR8, 22/3/13)
Salford 10, St Helens 32 (SLR18, 22/6/12)
St Helens 38, Salford 10 (SLR2, 10/2/12)

Super League Summary:

Salford won 5
St Helens won 34

Highs and Lows:

Salford highest score: 44-10 (H, 2016) (also widest margin)
St Helens highest score: 66-16 (H, 2001) (Widest margin: 58-4, A, 2000)

Head to Head:

Saints Salford
Tries 19 28
Goals 15 24
Metres 7,224 8,758
Breaks 27 47
Tackles 2,082 2,428
Penalties 50 55

Career Milestones:

Jack Owens needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career. He has played 32 games for St Helens since 2016, and was previously with Widnes (66 games, 2011-2015). Whilst with the Vikings, he also made 1 dual-registration appearance for Whitehaven (2015).

James Roby needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. He has touched down 91 times for St Helens since 2004, to go with 7 tries for England (2008-2013 & 2015) and 1 for Great Britain (2006-2007).

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

Tries:

1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 10
2 Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers) 9
3 Albert Kelly (Hull FC) 7
4 = Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers), Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants), Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 5

Goals:

1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 34
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 30
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 23
4 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 21
5 Morgan Escare (Wigan Warriors) 18

Goals Percentage:

1 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 96.77 (30/31)
2 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 92.00 (23/25)
3 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 82.35 (14/17)
4 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 79.06 (34/43)
5 Ashton Golding (Leeds Rhinos) 75.00 (9/12)

Points:

1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 89
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 72
3 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 59
4 = Mark Percival (St Helens), Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 46

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