 Salford opened the scoring on 2 minutes, as Lee Mossop had the ball stolen, and Krisnan Inu slotted over a penalty goal from 40m out.Wigan were again penalised in the 7th minute, for offside and Inu slotted over another penalty to make it 4–0.The video referee was called into action in the 13th minute, as Gil Dudson went over for the visitors, but referee Ben Thaler couldn't decide whether it was a double movement or not.