Blackpool 1-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Blackpool 1-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackpool · Shrewsbury Town · League One predictions

Blackpool 1-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Blackpool drew with Shrewsbury Town 1-1 in the League One on Wednesday 1 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Rob Apter opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Blackpool's goal came from Rob Apter (61'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Tom Bloxham (80').

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 15th on 28 points from 22 and Shrewsbury Town 23rd on 16 points from 22. Blackpool went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Shrewsbury Town 24th with 33.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Bloxham of Shrewsbury Town (7.7), ahead of Rob Apter (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 4 for Shrewsbury Town.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Shrewsbury Town's D-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jordan RossiterShrewsbury Town
  • 45+1'Yellow cardShrewsbury Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Mal BenningShrewsbury Town
  • 59'Yellow cardShrewsbury Town
  • 61'Goal · Rob ApterBlackpool · 1-0
  • 80'Goal · Tom BloxhamShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Jordan ShipleyShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 3, Shrewsbury Town 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Andy LyonsBlackpool · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Harry Tyrer, O. Offiah, Matthew Pennington, Oliver Casey, James Husband, Rob Apter, Lee Evans, Albie Morgan, Sonny Carey, Kyle Joseph, Ashley Fletcher

Shrewsbury Town line-up (5-4-1)

Pavel Kucera, Luca Hoole, M. Feeney, Josh Feeney, Aaron Pierre, Mal Benning, Tom Bloxham, Carl Winchester, Jordan Rossiter, Charles Sagoe Jr, Joshua Kayode