Walsall 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 April 2016

Result

Walsall 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Tuesday 26 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Walsall 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Walsall defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 26 April 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kieron Morris opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Walsall's goals came from Kieron Morris (11') and Rico Henry (44'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Matt Sadler (60').

Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 3rd on 75 points from 43 and Shrewsbury Town 19th on 50 points from 43. Walsall went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Shrewsbury Town 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Shrewsbury Town's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Kieron MorrisWalsall · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · James WesolowskiShrewsbury Town
  • 44'Goal · Rico HenryWalsall · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Matt SadlerShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Ian BlackstoneShrewsbury Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jordan CookWalsall

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Walsall 5, draws 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, James O'Connor, Paul Michael Downing, A. Forde, Rico Henry, Jason Demetriou, Adam Chambers, R. Sawyers, Kieron Morris, Tom Bradshaw, Milan Lalkovic

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Zak Whitbread, Jack Grimmer, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Jack Hendry, Sullay Kaikai, James Wesolowski, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Andrew Mangan, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro