Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 1 April 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 1 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Billy Bodin opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Billy Bodin (54', penalty) and Billy Bodin (83'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 10th on 57 points from 40 and Shrewsbury Town 20th on 43 points from 39. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 51.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Shrewsbury Town.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Shrewsbury Town's L-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Ryan Yates
- 41'Second yellow · Ryan Yates
- 54'Penalty goal · Billy Bodin
- 83'Goal · Billy Bodin
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Lumley, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Cristian Montano, Ryan Sweeney, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Billy Bodin, Luke James, Rory Gaffney
Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-4-2)
Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Junior Brown, Toto Nsiala, Joe Riley, Ryan Yates, Gary Deegan, Alex Rodman, Shaun Whalley, Louis Dodds, Tyler Roberts