Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 December 2019
Result
Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Blackpool were beaten by Shrewsbury Town 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 December 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Fejiri Okenabirhie of Shrewsbury Town in the 56th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 5th on 33 points from 20 and Shrewsbury Town 12th on 28 points from 19. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Shrewsbury Town 16th with 41.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max O'Leary of Shrewsbury Town (8.0), ahead of Ben Heneghan (7.2).
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Shrewsbury Town's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Ethan Ebanks-Landell
- 54'Yellow card · Donald Love
- 56'Penalty goal · Fejiri Okenabirhie
- 60'Yellow card · Matty Virtue
- 66'Yellow card · J. Spearing
- 85'Yellow card · Scott Golbourne
Team news
Blackpool line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jak Alnwick, Ollie Turton, Ben Heneghan, Ryan Edwards, James Husband, Liam Feeney, Jay Spearing, Jordan Thompson, Matty Virtue, Armand Gnanduillet, Nathan Delfouneso
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Max O'Leary, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Aaron Pierre, Omar Beckles, Donald Love, Josh Laurent, Brad Walker, Scott Golbourne, Shaun Whalley, Dave Edwards, Fejiri Okenabirhie