Match Report
Shrewsbury Town, 24th on 33 points, faced a 24-point deficit to Stevenage (14th, 57). Shrewsbury Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 19th in the league over the last five rounds against 24th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.89/1.72 for Shrewsbury Town and 0.91/1.09 for Stevenage (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.29.
Stevenage were winless in 5. The last-five ledger: Shrewsbury Town 7/15, Stevenage 1/15.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Shrewsbury Town, 2 draws and 4 for Stevenage, at 2.09 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 64% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury, with room for 9,875 spectators. On the scoreboard, Stevenage led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Stevenage: Aaron Pierre (8' og)