FLEETWOOD. Fleetwood Town tops Shrewsbury Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Coughlan (39′) and a goal from A. Loupalo-Bi (86′).

The match was played at the Highbury Stadium stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 2,698 spectators.​ The referee was Edward Duckworth with the collaboration of Jake Topp and James Wilson. The 4th official was Paul Marsden. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Fleetwood Town

2 - 0

Shrewsbury Town

• 50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

• 10 Total 10
• 3 On Target 1
• 4 Off Target 4
• 3 Shots blocked 5

• 102 Attack 111
• 24 Dangerous attack 44
• 42 Ball safe 41

• 15 Free Kicks 13
• 0 Penalties 0
• 3 Corners 4

Fouls

• 13 Total 15
• 3 Yellow Cards 5
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Fleetwood Town was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Shrewsbury Town that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Shrewsbury Town was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Fleetwood Town was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Fleetwood Town shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town shot 10 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fleetwood Town received 3 yellow cards (Ched Evans  , Lewis McCann and Harrison Neal). Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town received 5 yellow cards (Kevin Berkoe, Josh Davison, Sam Stubbs, Luca Hoole and Joe Gbodé).

Standings

After this encounter, Fleetwood Town has 9 points to occupy the 6th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town stays with 3 points (23rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Fleetwood Town will play away against Newport County on the 12th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Shrewsbury Town will host Northampton Town on the 12th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Fleetwood Town – Formation

Fleetwood Town

G

Jay Lynch 1.England

6.6

D

Finley Potter 5.England

6.7

D

Rhys Bennett 6.England

7.6

D

Shaun Rooney 26.Scotland

7.0

M

Danny Andrew 3.England

6.7

57'

M

Harrison Neal 4.England

6.6

63'

M

Mark Helm 10.England

6.7

81'

M

Lewis McCann 14.Northern Ireland

6.9

55'

M

Adam Murphy 15.Republic of Ireland

6.7

67'

F

Will Davies 9.England

6.6

57'

F

Ronan Coughlan 19.Republic of Ireland

7.4

67' 39'

Substitutes

G

James Pradic 22.Wales

D

Conor Haughey 16.Northern Ireland

6.3

81'

D

Rafaele Cirino 29.England

6.6

57'

M

Crispin McLean 27.England

6.7

67'

M

Josh Robertson 28.England

F

Ched Evans   17.Wales

6.9

57' 90'

F

Aaron Loupalo-Bi 20.England

7.1

67' 86'

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

The manager Matt Lawlor decided to play with the following team: Jay Lynch (6.6), Shaun Rooney (7.0), Rhys Bennett (7.6), Finley Potter (6.7), Harrison Neal (6.6), Lewis McCann (6.9), Adam Murphy (6.7), Mark Helm (6.7), Danny Andrew (6.7), Ronan Coughlan (7.4) and Will Davies (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Conor Haughey (6.3), Ched Evans (6.9), Aaron Loupalo-Bi (7.1), James Pradic, Crispin McLean (6.7), Josh Robertson and Rafaele Cirino (6.6).

Substitutions

Fleetwood Town made 5 changes: Danny Andrew for Rafaele Cirino (57′), Will Davies for Ched Evans   (57′), Ronan Coughlan for Aaron Loupalo-Bi (67′), Adam Murphy for Crispin McLean (67′) and Mark Helm for Conor Haughey (81′).

Player of the match: Rhys Bennett​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fleetwood Town was Rhys Bennett even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.6 with 71 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 10.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

Shrewsbury Town

G

Will Brook 1.England

6.1

D

Luca Hoole 2.Wales

6.3

25'

D

Will Boyle 5.England

6.7

D

Sam Stubbs 6.England

6.7

32'

M

Tom Sang 10.England

6.6

83'

M

Kevin Berkoe 11.England

6.7

83' 48'

M

Arkell Jude-Boyd 17.England

6.1

M

Will Gray 21.England

6.3

73'

F

George Lloyd 9.England

6.8

83'

F

Josh Davison 13.England

6.9

67' 66'

F

Kian McMahon-Brown 18.

6.8

Substitutes

G

Sam Proctor 12.England

D

Isaac Lee 23.England

D

Lino Sousa 24.England

6.1

83'

M

Jay Turner-Cooke 7.England

6.5

73'

M

Isaac Fletcher 8.England

6.4

83'

M

Michael Heinz Golding 20.England

6.6

83'

F

Joe Gbodé 27.England

6.3

67' 90'

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

Gavin Patrick Cowan played with: Will Brook (6.1), Sam Stubbs (6.7), Will Boyle (6.7), Luca Hoole (6.3), Arkell Jude-Boyd (6.1), Tom Sang (6.6), Will Gray (6.3), Kevin Berkoe (6.7), Kian McMahon-Brown (6.8), Josh Davison (6.9) and George Lloyd (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jay Turner-Cooke (6.5), Isaac Fletcher (6.4), Sam Proctor, Michael Heinz Golding (6.6), Isaac Lee, Lino Sousa (6.1) and Joe Gbodé (6.3).

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 5 changes: Josh Davison for Joe Gbodé (67′), Will Gray for Jay Turner-Cooke (73′), George Lloyd for Isaac Fletcher (83′), Tom Sang for Michael Heinz Golding (83′) and Kevin Berkoe for Lino Sousa (83′).

Player of the match: Josh Davison​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shrewsbury Town was Josh Davison.

His rating is 6.9 with 13 passes (44% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

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