Northampton Town 1-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Friday 2 April 2021

Result

Northampton Town 1-0 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Friday 2 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 1-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Northampton Town beat Shrewsbury Town 1-0 in the League One on Friday 2 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Ryan Watson of Northampton Town in the 27th minute.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 20th on 36 points from 38 and Shrewsbury Town 17th on 46 points from 35. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Shrewsbury Town 17th with 54.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Kioso of Northampton Town (7.8), ahead of Ryan Watson (7.5).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Ryan WatsonNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Joseph MillsNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliamsNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)

J. Mitchell, Peter Kioso, Lloyd Jones, Fraser Horsfall, Joseph Mills, Bryn Morris, Shaun McWilliams, Ryan Watson, Sam Hoskins, Danny Rose, Ryan Edmondson

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

Matija Šarkić, Shaun Williams, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Aaron Pierre, Donald Love, Josh Vela, Oliver Norburn, David Davis, Nathanael Ogbeta, Curtis Main, Harry Chapman