Match Report
5 points for Shrewsbury Town (3rd), 6 for Brighton U21 (2nd): a 1-point gap. On recent form Shrewsbury Town sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Shrewsbury Town were scoring 1 and conceding 1.67, Brighton U21 1 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Shrewsbury Town. Brighton U21 had not lost in 5 games, having scored in 12 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Shrewsbury Town held 3 points of 15 and Brighton U21 13.
The venue was Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury, with room for 9,875 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.