Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackpool · Shrewsbury Town · League One predictions

Blackpool 0-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Blackpool were beaten by Shrewsbury Town 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Matthew Pennington of Shrewsbury Town in the 53rd minute.

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 5th on 68 points from 41 and Shrewsbury Town 18th on 50 points from 41. Blackpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 87 points, and Shrewsbury Town 17th with 54.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Pennington of Shrewsbury Town (8.3), ahead of Harry Burgoyne (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 0 draws and 2 for Shrewsbury Town.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Shrewsbury Town's L-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Oliver NorburnShrewsbury Town
  • 53'Goal · Matthew PenningtonShrewsbury Town · 0-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackpool 0, draws 0, Shrewsbury Town 2.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Jordan Gabriel, Dan Ballard, Jordan Thorniley, Luke Garbutt, Elliot Embleton, Kenny Dougall, Grant Ward, Sullay Kaikai, Jerry Yates, Ellis Simms

Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-3-3)

Harry Burgoyne, David Davis, Matthew Pennington, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Nathanael Ogbeta, Oliver Norburn, Dave Edwards, Josh Vela, Charlie Caton, Harry Chapman, Curtis Main