Dan Udoh marked his return for Salford with a late goal to secure a 1-0 win at Harrogate.

The substitute's 85th-minute effort saw the visitors celebrate a third consecutive win without conceding, as Karl Robinson's men took advantage of the early kick-off time to move within a point of the automatic promotion places.

Salford could have wrapped up matters earlier and been out of sight by the interval but on-loan Ipswich goalkeeper Henry Gray made smart saves to deny Jorge Grant and Josh Austerfield, while Cole Stockton missed the target with two excellent opportunities.

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After the break, away skipper Luke Garbutt also called Gray into near-post action.

But it took two substitutes to combine to break the deadlock, with ex-AC Milan, Liverpool and Chelsea attacker Fabio Borini sending Udoh clear through the left channel and the attacker firing inside the home keeper's left-hand upright from 10 yards.

The bottom-of-the-table hosts, who have now only managed to score more than a single goal once in their last 25 league games, managed just one attempt on target all afternoon - a weak edge-of-the-box Reece Smith effort that was comfortably gathered by Salford keeper Matt Young.

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