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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 3 (setup 5, season 17)
Shrewsbury Town
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
David MARSHALL716Andreas ISAKSSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Joey O'BRIEN827Heiko WESTERMANN
Robbie BRADY63Mathieu BODMER
Joe ALLEN47Fernando Rubén GAGO
Craig CATHCART57Dedryck BOYATA
Danny GABBIDON6Rob HOLDING
Jon WALTERS776Patrick ROBERTS
James FORREST787Jefferson Antonio MONTERO Vite
Jordan RHODES97Nicklas BENDTNER
Stuart ARMSTRONG106MARCELO de MATTOS Terra
Steven NAISMITH7116Salomon KALOU
Manager
Rory McKEOWN12Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO
Neil ALEXANDER13Joe COLLISTER
Paul HANLON14Roy BEERENS
Gary MACKAY-STEVEN15Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE
Kris COMMONS16Riccardo BROSCO

Shrewsbury Town 2 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 15,889, Stadium: Greenhous Meadow, Referee: Lee PROBERT 7)
4 O'Brien, 40 O'BrienScorers62 Montero
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings65 Marcelo Mattos
4Corners1
6Fouls10
3Offsides2
4Shots on5
8Shots off4
12Total shots9
2Shots saved3
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Joey O'BRIEN
3ALLEN made space on the right and knocked the ball to ARMSTRONG who touched the ball wide.
4GOAL!! The Portsmouth 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from BOYATA and O'BRIEN was able to roll the ball home. (1-0 Shrewsbury Town)
13O'BRIEN poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
27Uncertainty in the Portsmouth defence enabled BRADY to volley the ball just wide.
32ISAKSSON saved a glorious shot from CATHCART.
36FORREST shot over.
36BENDTNER touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Shrewsbury Town 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
40GOAL!! A cross from CATHCART was flicked away by BOYATA only for ALLEN to drill the ball back into the box for O'BRIEN to force into the net. (2-0 Shrewsbury Town)
42A shot from BENDTNER seemed a certain goal but MARSHALL managed to palm the ball away.
45BRADY kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
 
47MARCELO MATTOS beat ALLEN and whacked the ball to BENDTNER who fired his shot wide.
57A cross from GAGO left KALOU in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
61KALOU headed wide.
61The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from GAGO.
62GOAL!! A Portsmouth counter-attack allowed MARCELO MATTOS to setup MONTERO with an easy goal. (2-1 Shrewsbury Town)
65The ref books MARCELO MATTOS for violent conduct against GABBIDON.
66RHODES worked the ball to WALTERS, FORREST latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of ISAKSSON.
71NAISMITH fired a right foot shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
76A free-kick from MONTERO raced wide.
83An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Shrewsbury Town 'keeper by ROBERTS.
85ARMSTRONG ran onto a delightful ball from WALTERS but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
88ARMSTRONG brought the ball away from MARCELO MATTOS and stabbed a poor shot well wide.