Shrewsbury 2-4 Peterborough
Shrewsbury Town went down to a 2-4 defeat against Peterborough United in an exciting game at The Croud Meadow.
The visitors started better, with Kwame Poku opening the scoring in the 23rd minute. Shrewsbury responded quickly, with a goal from Chey Dunkley in the 21st minute.
However, Poku struck again in the 58th minute to put Peterborough 2-1 up.
Peterborough continued their dominance in the second half, with Jack Randall scoring in the 87th minute and again in the 88th minute to seal the three points.
Shrewsbury managed to pull one back through Josh Daniels in the 81st minute, but it was too little too late.
Statistics
* Possession: Shrewsbury 34%, Peterborough 66%
* Shots: Shrewsbury 7 (2 on target, 4 off target), Peterborough 16 (11 on target, 1 off target)
* Corners: Shrewsbury 3, Peterborough 7
* Fouls: Shrewsbury 14, Peterborough 11
* Yellow cards: Shrewsbury 3, Peterborough 0
* Red cards: None for either team
Key events
* 21′: Shrewsbury – Chey Dunkley scores (Normal Goal), assisted by None
* 23′: Peterborough – Kwame Poku scores (Normal Goal), assisted by None
* 23′: Shrewsbury – Tom O’Reilly booked with a yellow card
* 58′: Peterborough – Kwame Poku scores (Normal Goal), assisted by A. Collins
* 87′: Peterborough – Jack Randall scores (Normal Goal), assisted by None
* 88′: Peterborough – Jack Randall scores (Normal Goal), assisted by None
* 81′: Shrewsbury – Josh Daniels scores (Normal Goal), assisted by None
Shrewsbury will now face (Next opponent) on (Date and time of next match), while Peterborough will face (Next opponent) on (Date and time of next match).
Substitutions shrewsbury: at minute 27 A. Pierre came in and M. Feeney went out., at minute 69 J. Kayode came in and J. Marquis went out., at minute 69 C. Sagoe Jr came in and H. Biggins went out., at minute 70 G. Lloyd came in and T. Bloxham went out.
Substitutions peterborough: at minute 35 J. Dornelly came in and J. Sparkes went out., at minute 79 R. Jones came in and M. Mothersille went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Shrewsbury
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