Salford City have won just one of their five meetings with Cheltenham Town in all competitions (D1 L3), though it was a 2-1 home win earlier this season in League Two.

This is the first FA Cup meeting between Salford and Cheltenham – the only previous cup match between the sides was a 3-1 win for the Robins in the 2022-23 EFL Trophy.

Salford City are looking to reach the third round of the FA Cup for the very first time, going out at this stage of the competition three times previously (2015-16, 2020-21, 2021-22).

Cheltenham won 3-1 at Rotherham in the FA Cup first round this season – not since December 2011 (vs Tranmere and Luton) have they won consecutive away games in the competition proper.