On the 5th of February, Shrewsbury Town will host Fleetwood Town in a meeting of these two evenly matched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 17th placed Shrewsbury Town, recorded a 1-1 draw against AFC Wimbledon. Ayoub Assal scored the first goal for AFC Wimbledon in the 13th minute, then Daniel Udoh tied it up for Shrewsbury Town in the 58th minute on a feed from Ryan Bowman earning them at least the one point. Shrewsbury Town is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while fleetwood Town is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Cambridge United. Anthony Pilkington scored the first goal for Cambridge United on an own goal in the 65th minute, then Patrick Lane got the equalizer for Fleetwood Town in the 72nd minute on a feed from Callum Camps earning Fleetwood Town a comeback draw. Fleetwood Town is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Fleetwood Town and Shrewsbury Town last played eachother at the Highbury Stadium on Dec 26th. Shrewsbury Town was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Ryan Bowman struck first for Shrewsbury Town in the 49th minute, then Josh Vela added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Fleetwood Town was frustrated by Shrewsbury Town’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shrewsbury Town ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Anthony Pilkington and Ellis Harrison have been the hottest scorers for Fleetwood Town in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.