Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Shrewsbury Town lost to Bristol Rovers 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Shrewsbury Town did not score. Bristol Rovers scored through John Marquis (73') and Aaron Collins (90+1').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 15th on 9 points from 6 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 6 points from 6. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 19th with 48 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Connor Taylor of Bristol Rovers (8.4), ahead of Aaron Collins (8.1).

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

  • 29'Yellow card · John MarquisBristol Rovers
  • 42'Yellow card · Antony EvansBristol Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Carl WinchesterShrewsbury Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Cheyenne DunkleyShrewsbury Town
  • 73'Goal · John MarquisBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jack HuntBristol Rovers
  • 90+1'Goal · Aaron CollinsBristol Rovers · 0-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-1-4-2)

Marko Marosi, M. Feeney, Chey Dunkley, Joe Anderson, Carl Winchester, Elliott Bennett, Taylor Perry, Ryan Finnigan, Mal Benning, Daniel Udoh, Max Mata

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

Matthew Cox, Jack Hunt, Connor Taylor, James Wilson, George Friend, Lamare Bogarde, Ryan Woods, Antony Evans, Luke Thomas, John Marquis, Aaron Collins