Match Report
Shrewsbury Town, 19th on 48 points, faced a 29-point deficit to Oxford United (5th, 77). In league terms the two rates read 0.76/1.46 for Shrewsbury Town and 1.72/1.22 for Oxford United (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.29.
21 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shrewsbury Town 6, draws 4, Oxford United 11, at 2.9 goals per meeting.
The referee was S. Purkiss, with 99 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,875. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.




