IPSWICH. Ipswich Town beat Shrewsbury Town to win 2-1. It was Ipswich Town to strike first with a goal of C. Chaplin at the 23′. Then it was a goal in the 28′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Bonne gave the win to Ipswich Town in the 54′ minute with a goal. Its vastly superior ball possession (71%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Will Finnie who had the assistance of Stuart Butler and Garry Maskell. The 4th official was Adrian Tranter. The weather was haze. The temperature was pleasant at 17.2 degrees Celsius or 62.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ipswich Town was in firm control of the ball 71% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Ipswich Town was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match​.

Ipswich Town shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards (C. Burgess, G. Edmundson and S. Fraser). On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card (A. Pierre).

Standings

After this match, Ipswich Town will have 13 points like AFC Wimbledon and Cambridge United to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town will stay with 8 points like Crewe Alexandra to stay in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Ipswich Town will play away against Cambridge United on the 16th of October with a 1-1 head to head record.

Shrewsbury Town will play away agasint Lincoln City on the 30th of October with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Shrewsbury Town (6 draws).

Ipswich Town – Formation

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

The manager Paul Cook decided to play with the following team: Václav Hladký (6.6), Janoi Donacien (6.5), George Edmundson (7.4), Cameron Burgess (7.1), Matt Penney (6.5), Sam Morsy (6.8), Lee Evans (7.3), Wes Burns (6.8), Conor Chaplin (7.0), Scott Fraser (6.2) and Macauley Bonne (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: S. Aluko, Kyle Edwards (6.9), R. Harper, T. Holý, Aristote Nsiala (6.8), I. El Mizouni and Joe Pigott (6.4).

Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of A. Nsiala (injured).

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 3 changes: W. Burns for K. Edwards (73′), M. Penney for A. Nsiala (79′) and M. Bonne for J. Pigott (89′).

Best player: George Edmundson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ipswich Town was George Edmundson even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 84 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

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

On the other side, Steve Cotterill played with: Marko Maroši (6.3), Matthew Pennington (6.4), Ethan Ebanks-Landell (6.8), Aaron Pierre (6.4), Elliott Bennett (7.1), David Davis (6.3), Luke Leahy (6.8), George Nurse (7.1), Shaun Whalley (7.6), Ryan Bowman (6.6) and Daniel Udoh (6.8).

They had on the bench: Nathanael Ogbeta (6.6), T. Leshabela, R. Pyke, Tom Bloxham (6.1), H. Burgoyne, Sam Cosgrove (6.8) and C. Caton.

Shrewsbury Town could not rely on the presence of S. Cosgrove (injured).

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 3 changes: R. Bowman for S. Cosgrove (35′), D. Udoh for T. Bloxham (74′) and A. Pierre for N. Ogbeta (74′).

Best player: Shaun Whalley​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shrewsbury Town was Shaun Whalley.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Wycombe Wanderers – Gillingham – 2-0
• Sheffield Wednesday – Bolton Wanderers – 1-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Burton Albion – 2-1
• Ipswich Town – Shrewsbury Town – 2-1