Fleetwood Town 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood · half-time 1-0
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Fleetwood Town defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Highbury Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ronan Coughlan opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Ronan Coughlan (39') and Aaron Loupalo-Bi (86'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.
Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 3 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 12th on 6 points from 4 and Shrewsbury Town 22nd on 3 points from 4. In the current table Fleetwood Town are 16th on 17 points and Shrewsbury Town are 15th on 18 points.
Fleetwood Town lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rhys Bennett of Fleetwood Town (7.8), ahead of Ronan Coughlan (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fleetwood Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Shrewsbury Town.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Luca Hoole
- 32'Yellow card · Sam Stubbs
- 39'Goal · Ronan Coughlan
- 48'Yellow card · Kevin Berkoe
- 55'Yellow card · Lewis McCann
- 63'Yellow card · Harrison Neal
- 66'Yellow card · Josh Davison
- 86'Goal · Aaron Loupalo-Bi
- 90'Yellow card · Ched Evans
- 90'Yellow card · Joe Gbodé
Form and table
- Fleetwood TownLast five: W D D D
- Shrewsbury TownLast five: L L W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 18 | LWWDL |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 17 | DWLLW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Fleetwood Town line-up (3-1-4-2)
Jay Lynch, Shaun Rooney, Rhys Bennett, Finley Potter, Harrison Neal, Lewis McCann, Adam Murphy, Mark Helm, Danny Andrew, Ronan Coughlan, Will Davies
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Will Brook, Sam Stubbs, Will Boyle, Luca Hoole, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Tom Sang, Will Gray, Kevin Berkoe, Kian McMahon-Brown, Josh Davison, George Lloyd
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