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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 5, season 18)
Shrewsbury Town
v.
Rotherham United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Neil ALEXANDER717Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Joey O'BRIEN727Maxime COLIN
Robbie BRADY36Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Joe ALLEN84Chris DAWSON
Craig CATHCART56Christian Chagas Tarouco, TÍTI
Paul HANLON66Niklas HOHENEDER
James FORREST87Lukás MARECEK
Gary MACKAY-STEVEN8Simon DAWKINS
Jordan RHODES96Luciano Héctor BECCHIO
Stuart ARMSTRONG710Jay FULTON
Jon WALTERS11Ziguy BADIBANGA
Manager
Aaron HUGHES12Emmanuel Jorge LEDESMA
David MARSHALL13Marcus SANDBERG
Fraser KERR14Joe MATTOCK
Ryan DONNELLY615Pablo MILLS
Steven WHITTAKER16Peter ODEMWINGIE

Shrewsbury Town 3 Rotherham United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 15,856, Stadium: New Meadow, Referee: Edwin VURENS 8½)
7 Forrest, 53 Walters, 58 ArmstrongScorers49 Rodriguez
83 Rhodes <=> DonnellySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings15 Badibanga
2Corners4
2Fouls9
7Offsides3
12Shots on3
10Shots off3
22Total shots6
9Shots saved2
62%Possession38%
Man of the match: Craig CATHCART
3TRAPP was able to palm clear a weak shot from WALTERS.
7GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled FORREST to tuck the ball into the net. (1-0 Shrewsbury Town)
10ALLEN beat HOHENEDER and fired the ball to ARMSTRONG who hit his shot wide.
11O'BRIEN ran onto a delightful ball from MACKAY-STEVEN but blasted his effort wide of the lefthand post.
12A penalty box scramble resulted in MACKAY-STEVEN cracking a low shot wide.
15A bad foul gets BADIBANGA a yellow card.
19ALLEN beat two Rotherham United players and drove a great chance just wide.
25A free-kick from MACKAY-STEVEN went just beyond the near post.
31A great save prevented RHODES from scoring a good goal.
38A corner fell to MACKAY-STEVEN who fired an effort inches wide.
41TRAPP dived to his right to stop an accurate drive from Shrewsbury Town's MACKAY-STEVEN.
44A twenty-five yard drive from RHODES caused TRAPP no problem.
 
48A shot from BRADY held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
49GOAL!! A shot from BADIBANGA was scuffed off the line only for RODRIGUEZ to slide the ball in. (1-1)
51Uncertainty in the Rotherham United defence enabled MACKAY-STEVEN to fire an effort wide.
53GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by MACKAY-STEVEN for WALTERS to score. (2-1 Shrewsbury Town)
58GOAL!! MARECEK tried to play the ball out of the Rotherham United penalty area but was tackled by WALTERS who nodded the ball to ARMSTRONG for an easy goal. (3-1 Shrewsbury Town)
82The hapless Rotherham United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MARECEK dropped just wide.
83FULTON was put clear by BECCHIO and he nutmegged the Shrewsbury Town 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
85MACKAY-STEVEN's header was well saved by the Rotherham United 'keeper.
88A good effort from BECCHIO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
89A shot from MACKAY-STEVEN was smothered by TRAPP.