Bristol Rovers 1-2 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 3 February 2018
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Bristol Rovers were beaten by Shrewsbury Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 3 February 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Omar Beckles opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from J. Partington (65'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Omar Beckles (62') and Toto Nsiala (88').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 11th on 39 points from 29 and Shrewsbury Town 3rd on 58 points from 28. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Shrewsbury Town 3rd with 94.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Shrewsbury Town's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 62'Goal · Omar Beckles
- 62'Yellow card · C. Lines
- 65'Goal · J. Partington
- 88'Goal · Toto Nsiala
- 89'Yellow card · S. Payne
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Adam Smith, Tom Broadbent, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Tony Craig, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney
Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Craig MacGillivray, Ben Godfrey, Matt Sadler, Omar Beckles, James Bolton, Toto Nsiala, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Abdelhak Belaid, Shaun Whalley, Carlton Morris, Nathan Thomas