Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Tuesday 15 August 2023

Result

Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Burton Albion

League One · Tuesday 15 August 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Burton Albion: match report

Shrewsbury Town beat Burton Albion 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 15 August 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Bayliss opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Tom Bayliss (3') and Cheyenne Dunkley (45+4'). Burton Albion scored through Mason Bennett (90+7').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Burton Albion 22nd on 0 points from 2. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 19th with 48 points, and Burton Albion 20th with 46.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burton Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Bayliss of Shrewsbury Town (7.8), ahead of Chey Dunkley (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Shrewsbury Town wins, 0 draws and 0 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Tom BaylissShrewsbury Town · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Jamal BlackmanBurton Albion
  • 45+4'Goal · Cheyenne DunkleyShrewsbury Town · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · John BrayfordBurton Albion
  • 76'Yellow card · Adedeji OshilajaBurton Albion
  • 79'Yellow card · Kgagelo ChaukeBurton Albion
  • 83'Yellow card · Malvind BenningShrewsbury Town
  • 90+7'Goal · Mason BennettBurton Albion · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 2, draws 0, Burton Albion 0.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-5-2)

Marko Marosi, M. Feeney, Chey Dunkley, Joe Anderson, Carl Winchester, Taylor Perry, Tom Bayliss, N. Kenneh, Jordan Shipley, R. Bowman, Daniel Udoh

Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pavel Kucera, John Brayford, Sam Hughes, Ryan Sweeney, Steve Seddon, Deji Oshilaja, Joe Powell, Mark Helm, M. Bennett, Kegs Chauke, Josh Gordon