Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Oxford United

League One · Saturday 1 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Oxford United: match report

Shrewsbury Town lost to Oxford United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 1 May 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Elliot Lee opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Matthew Pennington (16') and Josh Vela (25'). Oxford United scored through Elliot Lee (3'), James Henry (68') and Dan Agyei (85').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card; Oxford United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 17th on 53 points from 43 and Oxford United 7th on 68 points from 44. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Oxford United 6th with 75.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Lee of Oxford United (8.3), ahead of James Henry (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Shrewsbury Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Oxford United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Elliot LeeOxford United · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Matthew PenningtonShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 25'Goal · Josh VelaShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Brad WalkerShrewsbury Town
  • 68'Goal · James HenryOxford United · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Dan AgyeiOxford United · 2-3
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Dan AgyeiOxford United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 3, draws 2, Oxford United 5.

Team news

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Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-5-2)

Harry Burgoyne, Matthew Pennington, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Aaron Pierre, David Davis, Josh Vela, Oliver Norburn, Brad Walker, Nathanael Ogbeta, Harry Chapman, Tom Bloxham

Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Stevens, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Rob Atkinson, Josh Ruffels, James Henry, Cameron Brannagan, Mark Sykes, Elliot Lee, M. Taylor, Brandon Barker