Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Gillingham: match report

Shrewsbury Town beat Gillingham 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jack Tucker opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Tom Bloxham (59') and Sam Cosgrove (68'). Gillingham scored through Jack Tucker (12').

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

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 24th on 0 points from 4 and Gillingham 15th on 5 points from 4. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 18th with 50 points, and Gillingham 21st with 40.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Gillingham in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Bloxham of Shrewsbury Town (7.8), ahead of Jack Tucker (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Shrewsbury Town wins, 6 draws and 2 for Gillingham.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Jack TuckerGillingham · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Daniel AdsheadGillingham
  • 59'Goal · Tom BloxhamShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Sam CosgroveShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel PhillipsGillingham
  • 90+3'Yellow card · David DavisShrewsbury Town
  • 90+8'Second yellow · David DavisShrewsbury Town
  • 90+8'Second yellow · Daniel PhillipsGillingham
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Mustapha CarayolGillingham
  • 90+10'Red card · Harry BurgoyneShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 2, draws 6, Gillingham 2.

Team news

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

Marko Marosi, Elliott Bennett, Aaron Pierre, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, George Nurse, Tom Bloxham, Josh Vela, David Davis, Luke Leahy, Sam Cosgrove, Daniel Udoh

Gillingham line-up (5-3-2)

Jamie Cumming, Ryan Jackson, Rhys Bennett, Max Ehmer, Jack Tucker, Robbie McKenzie, Daniel Phillips, Kyle Dempsey, Daniel Adshead, Vadaine Oliver, Mustapha Carayol