SHREWSBURY. Shrewsbury Town overcomes Northampton Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. McMahon-Brown (8′) and a goal from K. Berkoe (45′). Northampton Town lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium in Shrewsbury on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Emily Heaslip who had the assistance of Paul Stonier and Alex Gray. The 4th official was Richard Aspinall. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Shrewsbury Town

2 - 0

Northampton Town

• 41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

• 11 Total 7
• 4 On Target 5
• 6 Off Target 1
• 1 Shots blocked 1

• 86 Attack 102
• 37 Dangerous attack 27
• 63 Ball safe 76

• 9 Free Kicks 16
• 0 Penalties 0
• 1 Corners 5

Fouls

• 16 Total 9
• 1 Yellow Cards 1
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Northampton Town had a strong ball possession 59% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shrewsbury Town had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shrewsbury Town won the match​.

Shrewsbury Town shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Northampton Town shot 7 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card (Kian McMahon-Brown). Regarding the opposition, Northampton Town received 1 yellow card (Sam Chambers).

Standings

After this contest, Shrewsbury Town has 6 points to occupy the 18th place in the standings. On the other side, Northampton Town stays with 6 points (17th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Shrewsbury Town will play away against Crewe Alexandra on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Northampton Town will host Rotherham United on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

Shrewsbury Town

G

Will Brook 1.England

7.5

D

Josh Ruffels 3.England

6.8

D

Will Boyle 5.England

6.4

D

Sam Stubbs 6.England

7.1

M

Luca Hoole 2.Wales

6.5

M

Jay Turner-Cooke 7.England

6.6

74'

M

Tom Sang 10.England

7.2

M

Kevin Berkoe 11.England

7.2

85' 45'

F

George Lloyd 9.England

6.5

F

Josh Davison 13.England

6.5

88'

F

Kian McMahon-Brown 18.

7.8

89' 57' 8'

Substitutes

G

Sam Proctor 12.England

D

Arkell Jude-Boyd 17.England

D

Lino Sousa 24.England

6.3

85'

M

Isaac Fletcher 8.England

89'

M

Michael Heinz Golding 20.England

88'

M

Will Gray 21.England

6.5

74'

F

Joe Gbodé 27.England

Shrewsbury Town started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Gavin Patrick Cowan decided to play with the following team: Will Brook (7.5), Sam Stubbs (7.1), Will Boyle (6.4), Josh Ruffels (6.8), Luca Hoole (6.5), Tom Sang (7.2), Jay Turner-Cooke (6.6), Kevin Berkoe (7.2), Kian McMahon-Brown (7.8), George Lloyd (6.5) and Josh Davison (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Isaac Fletcher, Sam Proctor, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Michael Heinz Golding, Will Gray (6.5), Lino Sousa (6.3) and Joe Gbodé.

Shrewsbury Town could not rely on the presence of Will Gray (injured) and Lino Sousa (injured).

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 4 changes: Jay Turner-Cooke for Will Gray (74′), Kevin Berkoe for Lino Sousa (85′), Josh Davison for Michael Heinz Golding (88′) and Kian McMahon-Brown for Isaac Fletcher (89′).

Player of the match: Kian McMahon-Brown​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Shrewsbury Town was Kian McMahon-Brown.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.

Northampton Town – Formation

Northampton Town

G

Zach Jeacock 1.England

6.1

D

James Maxwell 3.Scotland

6.4

D

Jon Guthrie  5.England

6.9

D

Elliott Moore 6.England

6.9

D

Joe Wormleighton 16.England

7.1

M

Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh 4.Republic of Ireland

6.5

M

Sam Hoskins 7.England

5.9

68'

M

Tyrese Fornah 14.Sierra Leone

6.7

M

Logan Briggs 20.England

6.4

46'

F

Nathaniel Opoku Onyina 17.Ghana

6.5

68'

F

Harvey Saunders 32.England

6.8

69'

Substitutes

G

Ross Fitzsimons 34.England

D

Josh Powell 22.England

D

Max Dyche 35.England

M

Sam Chambers 26.Scotland

6.6

68' 81'

F

Matty Warhurst 9.England

6.4

68'

F

Kamarai Swyer 11.England

6.7

69'

F

Owen Dale 19.England

6.8

46'

Northampton Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Chris Hogg played with: Zach Jeacock (6.1), Joe Wormleighton (7.1), Elliott Moore (6.9), Jon Guthrie (6.9), James Maxwell (6.4), Sam Hoskins (5.9), Joe O’Brien-Whitmarsh (6.5), Tyrese Fornah (6.7), Logan Briggs (6.4), Harvey Saunders (6.8) and Nathaniel Opoku Onyina (6.5).

They had on the bench: Matty Warhurst (6.4), Kamarai Swyer (6.7), Owen Dale (6.8), Josh Powell, Sam Chambers (6.6), Ross Fitzsimons and Max Dyche.

Substitutions

Northampton Town made 4 changes: Logan Briggs for Owen Dale (46′), Sam Hoskins for Sam Chambers (68′), Nathaniel Opoku Onyina for Matty Warhurst (68′) and Harvey Saunders for Kamarai Swyer (69′).

Player of the match: Joe Wormleighton​

The most impressive player for Northampton Town was Joe Wormleighton.

His rating is 7.1 with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Grimsby Town – Bristol Rovers – 2-0
• Crawley Town – Cheltenham Town – 1-3
• York City – Swindon Town – 4-0
• Walsall – Rochdale – 0-0
• Shrewsbury Town – Northampton Town – 2-0
• Rotherham United – Salford City – 3-3
• Port Vale – Exeter City – 1-0
• Oldham Athletic – Chesterfield – 1-2
• Newport County – Fleetwood Town – 1-1
• Gillingham – Tranmere Rovers – 2-0
• Colchester United – Crewe Alexandra – 1-1
• Barnet – Accrington Stanley – 2-1