Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 1 September 2018
Result
Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Shrewsbury Town drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
S. Payne opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Shrewsbury Town's goal came from an own goal by D. Leadbitter (73'). Bristol Rovers scored through S. Payne (53', penalty).
Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 3 points from 5. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Bristol Rovers 15th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Shrewsbury Town wins, 1 draw and 4 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Shrewsbury Town's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Bristol Rovers's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · J. Martin
- 36'Yellow card · T. Craig
- 38'Yellow card · Anthony Grant
- 38'Yellow card · Tom Nichols
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 53'Penalty goal · S. Payne
- 59'Second yellow · J. Martin
- 73'Own goal · D. Leadbitter
- 76'Yellow card · Shaun Whalley
Head-to-head
Team news
Shrewsbury Town line-up
Joel Coleman, Ryan Sears, Omar Beckles, Josh Laurent, Luke Waterfall, Matt Sadler, Anthony Grant, Oliver Norburn, Lee Angol, Shaun Whalley, Alex Gilliead
Bristol Rovers line-up
Jack Bonham, Daniel Leadbitter, Joe Martin, Edward Upson, Tony Craig, Tom Lockyer, Sam Matthews, Ollie Clarke, Stefan Payne, Tom Nichols, Alex Rodman