Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 11 November 2023
Result
Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Reading
League One · Saturday 11 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Reading: match report
Shrewsbury Town defeated Reading 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 11 November 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Tom Bayliss (33'), Cheyenne Dunkley (90+2') and Jason Sraha (90+6'). Reading scored through Sam Smith (12') and Dominic Ballard (15').
Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 19th on 17 points from 16 and Reading 23rd on 11 points from 15. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 19th with 48 points, and Reading 15th with 59.
Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Sraha of Shrewsbury Town (7.8), level with Elliott Bennett (7.8).
Going into the match Shrewsbury Town's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Reading's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Sam Smith
- 15'Yellow card · Marko Maroši
- 15'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 16'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 33'Goal · Tom Bayliss
- 69'Yellow card · David Button
- 78'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 90+2'Goal · Cheyenne Dunkley
- 90+6'Goal · Jason Sraha
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jason Sraha
Team news
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Marko Marosi, Tunmise Sobowale, Tom Flanagan, Chey Dunkley, Jason Sraha, Carl Winchester, Taylor Perry, Elliott Bennett, Tom Bayliss, Max Mata, Jordan Shipley
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
David Button, Andy Yiadom, Tyler Bindon, Nelson Abbey, Jeriel Dorsett, Femi Azeez, Sam Hutchinson, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Dom Ballard, Sam Smith