Peterborough United 5-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Peterborough United 5-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 5-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Peterborough United won against Shrewsbury Town 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jonson Clarke-Harris opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Jonson Clarke-Harris (16', penalty), Siriki Dembélé (42'), Siriki Dembélé (69'), Siriki Dembélé (80') and Jack Taylor (88'). Shrewsbury Town scored through J. Daniels (18').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 2 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 4th on 19 points from 9 and Shrewsbury Town 21st on 6 points from 8. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Shrewsbury Town 17th with 54.

Peterborough United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Siriki Dembélé of Peterborough United (10.0), ahead of Jack Taylor (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Harry BurgoyneShrewsbury Town
  • 16'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · J. DanielsShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Siriki DembéléPeterborough United · 2-1
  • 45+2'Red card · Josh VelaShrewsbury Town
  • 50'Yellow card · Reece BrownPeterborough United
  • 58'Yellow card · Oliver NorburnShrewsbury Town
  • 69'Goal · Siriki DembéléPeterborough United · 3-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Ethan Ebanks-LandellShrewsbury Town
  • 80'Goal · Siriki DembéléPeterborough United · 4-1
  • 84'Yellow card · S. SzmodicsPeterborough United
  • 88'Goal · Jack TaylorPeterborough United · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Peterborough United 4, draws 3, Shrewsbury Town 3.

Team news

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Peterborough United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Christy Pym, Frankie Kent, Mark Beevers, Niall Mason, Joe Ward, Reece Brown, Jack Taylor, Dan Butler, Sammie Szmodics, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Siriki Dembélé

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

Harry Burgoyne, Shaun Williams, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Aaron Pierre, Charlie Daniels, Josh Vela, Scott High, Oliver Norburn, Joshua Daniels, Daniel Udoh, Marc Pugh