Shrewsbury Town 3-4 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 November 2019

Result

Shrewsbury Town 3-4 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 23 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Shrewsbury Town 3-4 Bristol Rovers: match report

Shrewsbury Town lost to Bristol Rovers 3-4 in the League One on Saturday 23 November 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.

T. Craig opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Josh Laurent (37'), Oliver Norburn (62') and Josh Laurent (67'). Bristol Rovers scored through T. Craig (11'), Ollie Clarke (27'), Liam Sercombe (47') and Kevin Nolan (87').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 11th on 24 points from 16 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 25 points from 16. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Sercombe of Bristol Rovers (9.7), ahead of Josh Laurent (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · T. CraigBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Anssi JaakkolaBristol Rovers
  • 20'Yellow card · Josh LaurentShrewsbury Town
  • 20'Yellow card · Louis ThompsonShrewsbury Town
  • 21'Yellow card · Victor AdeboyejoBristol Rovers
  • 22'Yellow card · Oliver NorburnShrewsbury Town
  • 27'Goal · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers · 0-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 37'Goal · Josh LaurentShrewsbury Town · 1-2
  • 47'Goal · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers · 1-3
  • 62'Goal · Oliver NorburnShrewsbury Town · 2-3
  • 67'Goal · Josh LaurentShrewsbury Town · 3-3
  • 87'Goal · Kevin NolanBristol Rovers · 3-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 4, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Joe Murphy, Shaun Williams, Aaron Pierre, Omar Beckles, Donald Love, Josh Laurent, Oliver Norburn, Scott Golbourne, Louis Thompson, Jason Cummings, Dave Edwards

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Anssi Jaakkola, Rollin Menayese, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Mark Little, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Luke Leahy, Ollie Clarke, Liam Sercombe, Victor Adeboyejo