In this 17th week match, on Tue Mar 1st, Shrewsbury Town hosts Rotherham United at Montgomery Waters Meadow in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Shrewsbury Town is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Portsmouth. Luke Leahy struck first for Shrewsbury Town in the 14th minute, but Denver Hume got the equalizer for Portsmouth in the 29th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 84th minute on a goal by Louis Thompson. Shrewsbury Town looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while in their last match, 1st placed Rotherham United, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Morecambe. Freddie Ladapo struck first for Rotherham United in the 4th minute on a feed from Oliver Rathbone, then Freddie Ladapo added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Daniel Barlaser In the end, Morecambe couldn’t muster any offence and Rotherham United ran away with the shutout win. Rotherham United is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
On Tuesday Aug 13th, Shrewsbury Town hosted Rotherham United in their last match together. Rotherham United won by a score of 4 to 0 in front of a crowd of almost three thousand spectators. Matt Crooks struck first for Rotherham United in the 2nd minute, then Kyle Vassell added another in the 3rd minute In the end, Shrewsbury Town was frustrated by Rotherham United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rotherham United ended the match with the shutout victory.
Freddie Ladapo has been the most prolific scorer on Rotherham United in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Luke Leahy has been the most prolific scorer on Shrewsbury Town in the last five matches with two goals.