Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury · half-time 0-0

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Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Shrewsbury Town defeated Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Montgomery Waters Meadow. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from George Lloyd of Shrewsbury Town in the 77th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 18th on 11 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 9th on 15 points from 10. In the current table Shrewsbury Town are 15th on 18 points and Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Stubbs of Shrewsbury Town (7.8), ahead of Will Boyle (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Shrewsbury Town win, 3 draws and 6 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Shaq FordeBristol Rovers
  • 16'Yellow card · Josh RuffelsShrewsbury Town
  • 34'Yellow card · Steve EvansBristol Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · George LloydShrewsbury Town
  • 64'Yellow card · Keenan GoughBristol Rovers
  • 77'Penalty goal · George LloydShrewsbury Town · 1-0
  • 80'Red card · Jay Turner-CookeShrewsbury Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Ben PurringtonBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Red card · Isaac FletcherShrewsbury Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
15Shrewsbury Town145361722-518LWWDL
17Bristol Rovers145181723-616LLLDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 1, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 6.

Team news

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

Will Brook, Sam Stubbs, Will Boyle, Josh Ruffels, Luca Hoole, Tom Sang, Jay Turner-Cooke, Kevin Berkoe, Kian McMahon-Brown, George Lloyd, Josh Davison

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

Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Ciarán Kelly, Ben Purrington, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Shaq Forde, Keenan Gough, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn

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