Scunthorpe United 1-2 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Scunthorpe United 1-2 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Shrewsbury Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Josh Morris opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Josh Morris (8'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Jon Nolan (51') and S. Payne (59', penalty).

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 5th on 58 points from 37 and Shrewsbury Town 3rd on 71 points from 35. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Shrewsbury Town 3rd with 94.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Scunthorpe United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Toto NsialaShrewsbury Town
  • 8'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Carlton MorrisShrewsbury Town
  • 43'Missed penalty · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United
  • 51'Goal · Jon NolanShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 59'Penalty goal · S. PayneShrewsbury Town · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Rory McArdleScunthorpe United
  • 75'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyScunthorpe United
  • 84'Yellow card · Jon NolanShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Scunthorpe United 2, draws 1, Shrewsbury Town 2.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)

Matthew Gilks, Murray Wallace, Cameron Burgess, Rory McArdle, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Ryan Yates, Ivan Toney, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes

Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Dean Henderson, Ben Godfrey, Matt Sadler, Omar Beckles, Luke Hendrie, Toto Nsiala, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Abdelhak Belaid, Alex Rodman, Shaun Whalley, Carlton Morris