PORTSMOUTH. Shrewsbury Town and Portsmouth draw 1-1. E. Bennett scored the first goal (26′) for Shrewsbury Town. Z. Swanson equalized (29′). Portsmouth was vastly better in terms of ball possession (75%)​

The match was played at the Fratton Park stadium in Portsmouth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Tom Reeves assisted by Paul Yates and Paul Kelly. The 4th official was Kevin Morris. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Portsmouth was in firm control of the ball 75% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Portsmouth was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Portsmouth to win the match​.

Portsmouth shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Portsmouth received 1 yellow card (J. J. Mingi). On the other side, Shrewsbury Town didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Portsmouth will have 27 points like Bolton Wanderers to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Shrewsbury Town will have 22 points like Exeter City and Port Vale to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Portsmouth will host Wycombe Wanderers on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Portsmouth (6 draws).

Shrewsbury Town will play away agasint Lincoln City on the 6th of May with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Shrewsbury Town (8 draws).

Portsmouth – Formation

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

The manager Danny Cowley decided to play with the following team: Joshua Griffiths, Clark Robertson, Sean Raggett, Connor Ogilvie, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Josh Koroma, Zak Swanson, Colby Bishop, Owen Dale, Dane Scarlett and Jay Mingi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Denver Hume, Joe Pigott, Joe Morrell (7.4), Josh Oluwayemi, Michael Morrison, Kieron Freeman and Ronan Curtis.

Substitutions

Portsmouth made 4 changes: S. Raggett for M. Morrison (65′), J. J. Mingi for J. Morrell (65′), D. Scarlett for J. Pigott (80′) and Z. Swanson for K. Freeman (83′).

Best player: Joe Morrell​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Portsmouth was Joe Morrell.

His rating is (7.4) with 29 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

Shrewsbury Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Steve Cotterill played with: Marko Maroši, Tom Flanagan, Cheyenne Dunkley, Luke Leahy, Matthew Pennington, Elliott Bennett, Carl Winchester, Jordan Shipley, Tom Bayliss, Robert Street and Christian Saydee (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Ryan Bowman, Josh Barlow, Harry Burgoyne, Tom Bloxham, Rekeil Pyke, Taylor Moore and Charlie Caton.

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 3 changes: E. Bennett for T. Moore (60′), R. Street for R. Bowman (76′) and C. Saydee for R. Pyke (77′).

Best player: Christian Saydee​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Shrewsbury Town was Christian Saydee.

His rating is (6.7) with 11 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Derby County – Bristol Rovers – 4-2
• Barnsley – Forest Green Rovers – 2-0
• Wycombe Wanderers – Morecambe – 1-1
• Sheffield Wednesday – Burton Albion – 4-2
• Portsmouth – Shrewsbury Town – 1-1
• Port Vale – Lincoln City – 1-0
• Peterborough United – Cambridge United – 1-0
• Fleetwood Town – Accrington Stanley – 3-0
• Cheltenham Town – Milton Keynes Dons – 0-0
• Charlton Athletic – Ipswich Town – 4-4
• Bolton Wanderers – Oxford United – 1-3