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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · J. MartinBristol Rovers
  • 36'Yellow card · T. CraigBristol Rovers
  • 38'Yellow card · Anthony GrantShrewsbury Town
  • 38'Yellow card · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 53'Penalty goal · S. PayneBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 59'Second yellow · J. MartinBristol Rovers
  • 73'Own goal · D. LeadbitterShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Shaun WhalleyShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 5, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 4.

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