Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 25 February 2020
Result
Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Tuesday 25 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Shrewsbury Town were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 25 February 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Mark Ellis opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Aaron Pierre (56') and Callum Lang (61'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Mark Ellis (9'), Alex Woodyard (14') and Corey Blackett-Taylor (90+5').
Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 17th on 38 points from 31 and Tranmere Rovers 21st on 23 points from 31. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 32.
Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Corey Blackett-Taylor of Tranmere Rovers (8.2), ahead of Mark Ellis (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Shrewsbury Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Mark Ellis
- 14'Goal · Alex Woodyard
- 27'Yellow card · James Vaughan
- 41'Yellow card · Kane Wilson
- 56'Goal · Aaron Pierre
- 61'Goal · Callum Lang
- 76'Yellow card · Omar Beckles
- 81'Yellow card · Liam Ridehalgh
- 90+5'Goal · Corey Blackett-Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Max O'Leary, Kayne Ramsay, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Aaron Pierre, Omar Beckles, Josh Vela, Sean Goss, Callum Lang, Dave Edwards, Josh Laurent, Daniel Udoh
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Davies, Kane Wilson, Mark Ellis, Peter Clarke, Liam Ridehalgh, Kieron Morris, Alex Woodyard, Luke McCullough, Corey Blackett-Taylor, Andy Cook, James Vaughan