Bristol Rovers 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 27 February 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 27 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 27 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Luke Leahy (45') and Brandon Hanlan (60'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Daniel Udoh (90+2').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 21st on 27 points from 29 and Shrewsbury Town 16th on 37 points from 27. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Shrewsbury Town 17th with 54.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zain Westbrooke of Bristol Rovers (8.0), ahead of Alex Rodman (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 5 for Shrewsbury Town.
Key events
- 45'Goal · Luke Leahy
- 60'Goal · Brandon Hanlan
- 70'Yellow card · Ethan Ebanks-Landell
- 90+2'Goal · Daniel Udoh
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Day, G. Williams, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, Alex Rodman, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Sam Nicholson, Brandon Hanlan
Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-3-3)
Matija Šarkić, Matthew Pennington, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Shaun Williams, Nathanael Ogbeta, Oliver Norburn, Sean Goss, Josh Vela, Shaun Whalley, Curtis Main, Harry Chapman