Match Report
Plymouth Argyle, 1st with 101 points, sat 42 points above Shrewsbury Town (12th, 59). Recent form told a different story for Shrewsbury Town: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 12th. Scoring rates set the scale: Shrewsbury Town 1.13 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Plymouth Argyle 1.78 and 1.02, with the league averaging 1.28.
Shrewsbury Town were winless in 5. Shrewsbury Town had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Plymouth Argyle, 9.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shrewsbury Town 2, draws 3, Plymouth Argyle 8, at 2.15 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury (capacity 9,875). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.




