Cheltenham Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League Two · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Cheltenham Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town
League Two · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Cheltenham Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Cheltenham Town defeated Shrewsbury Town 3-1 in the League Two on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Hakeeb Adelakun opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Hakeeb Adelakun (14'), Jake Bickerstaff (31') and Isaac Hutchinson (54', penalty). Shrewsbury Town scored through John Marquis (63').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 18th on 24 points from 21 and Shrewsbury Town 20th on 19 points from 21. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Shrewsbury Town 19th with 49.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakeeb Adelakun of Cheltenham Town (8.1), ahead of Arkell Jude-Boyd (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cheltenham Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 31'Goal · Jake Bickerstaff
- 54'Penalty goal · Isaac Hutchinson
- 63'Goal · John Marquis
- 70'Yellow card · J. Day
- 73'Yellow card · Will Boyle
- 89'Yellow card · A. Jude-Boyd
- 90'Yellow card · Taylor Perry
- 90+2'Yellow card · Tommy McDermott
Head-to-head
Team news
Cheltenham Town line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, L. Young, Ben Stevenson, Isaac Hutchinson, Jordan Thomas, Jake Bickerstaff, Hakeeb Adelakun
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Will Brook, Luca Hoole, Tom Anderson, Will Boyle, Ismeal Kabia, Taylor Perry, Josh Ruffels, Sam Clucas, Anthony Scully, George Lloyd, John Marquis