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
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.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Jack Tucker
- 43'Yellow card · Daniel Adshead
- 59'Goal · Tom Bloxham
- 68'Goal · Sam Cosgrove
- 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel Phillips
- 90+3'Yellow card · David Davis
- 90+8'Second yellow · David Davis
- 90+8'Second yellow · Daniel Phillips
- 90+8'Yellow card · Mustapha Carayol
- 90+10'Red card · Harry Burgoyne
Head-to-head
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