Big Match Preview

Saints are eight from ten in their recent meetings against the Red Devils, but those two defeats have come on the road in the last two seasons.

Last Ten Meetings:

St Helens 25, Salford 24 (SLR19, 23/6/17)
Salford 22, St Helens 14 (SLR7, 30/3/17)
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)

Super League Summary:

Salford won 6
St Helens won 35

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)

Player Stat:

Jonny Lomax has scored a try in each of the Saints’ last three meetings against Salford.

Tommy Makinson has 44 points against Salford – the highest of the current squad.

The 19-man squads are here.

Head to Head:

Milestones:

Mark Percival needs one appearance to reach 100 for St Helens. He made his Saints debut in a 20-12 home defeat against Leeds on 1 March, 2013.

Tommy Makinson needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. He has scored 96 times for St Helens since 2011, to go with 3 dual-registration scores for Rochdale (2013). He also made one non-scoring appearance for Whitehaven in the same season.

Jonny Lomax needs eight points to reach 500 for St Helens. His total of 492 has been reached with 71 tries, 103 goals and 2 field goals in 157 games for the Saints since 2009.

James Roby needs three tries to reach 100 for St Helens. He has touched down 97 times in 397 games for the Saints since 2004.

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

(League games & Super 8s only)

Tries:
1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 38
2 Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 21
3 = Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers), Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants), Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity) 19
6 = Albert Kelly (Hull FC), Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 18
8 = Matt Parcell (Leeds Rhinos), Mason Caton-Brown (Wakefield Trinity) 17
10 Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves) 16

Goals:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 129
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 95
3 = Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 90
Mark Percival (St Helens) 90
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 69
6 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 59
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 48
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 46
9 = Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils), Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 45

Goals Percentage:
1 Tony Gigot (Catalans Dragons) 90.00 (9/10)
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 88.78 (95/107)
3 Jake Connor (Hull FC) 86.95 (20/23)
4 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 85.18 (69/81)
5 Martyn Ridyard (Huddersfield Giants/Leigh Centurions) 84.84 (28/33)
6 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 82.97 (39/47)
7 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 82.16 (129/157)
8 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 81.81 (90/110)
9 = Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 80.00 (48/60), Tom Makinson (St Helens) 80.00 (8/10)

Points:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 317
2 Mark Percival (St Helens) 240
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 221
4 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 184
5 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 152
6 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 150
7 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 137
8 George Williams (Wigan Warriors) 131
9 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 124
10 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 122

League Table:

Ticket Details:

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