Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Colchester United

Colchester came from behind to pick up a point against Shrewsbury but their run without a League One win was extended to 11 games.

The hosts took the lead when Cristian Lopez headed in Adam Reach's cross.

Shrewsbury forced goalkeeper Sam Walker into several good saves before a low shot from Marcus Bean gave Colchester an equaliser against the run of play.

The teams cancelled each other out after the break but Gavin Massey went close to a late winner for the U's.

Shrewsbury's point was their seventh draw in 13 League One games this season, leaving Graham Turner's side 15th in the table.

On-loan Wolves striker Liam McAlinden made his first start for Shrewsbury, being paired up front with fellow loan man Lopez.

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Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner told BBC Radio Shropshire:

"On the evidence of the first half, we should have taken all three points, but you can take nothing for granted in this league.

"For the first 44 minutes, we played well and had a number of good situations that we should have done better with.

"In a period like that, you have to kill the opposition off. Then we've conceded such a bad goal right on half-time and we never recovered.

"We got very anxious in the second half and the longer the game went on, you could see the anxiety sneaking in. It's an unforgiving league.

Colchester United manager Joe Dunne told BBC Essex:

"We conceded an early goal, which really changed the dynamic of the game, and then we lost Freddie Sears.

"I thought for 30 minutes we were sloppy. We never passed the ball properly, we never won tackles and they were well worth the 1-0.

"We changed it tactically 10 minutes before half-time and then we started to get a foothold in the game.

"Second half, I thought we did very well. I think we deserved to win the game, we pushed forward for the second goal and we missed good opportunities."

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Shrewsbury

Formation 4-4-2

1Weale
22Woods
3Jacobson
4SummerfieldSubstituted forGoldsonat 55'minutes
6Winfield
16Mkandawire
11Taylor
15Wildig
20McAlindenSubstituted forBradshawat 67'minutes
27López SantamariaSubstituted forParryat 67'minutes
23Reach

Substitutes

5Jones
8McAllister
9Bradshaw
12McQuade
17Parry
18Goldson
25Anyon

Colchester

Formation 4-4-1-1

44Walker
20WilsonBooked at 90mins
27Garbutt
22Gilbey
2WrightSubstituted forBonneat 86'minutes
4OkuonghaeBooked at 77mins
11SearsSubstituted forEastmondat 30'minutes
15Bean
38LeeSubstituted forMonakanaat 73'minutes
9Morrison
21Massey

Substitutes

1Cousins
3Dickson
6Eastmond
14Bond
16Monakana
19Ladapo
41Bonne

Referee:: Darren Drysdale
Attendance:: 4,364

Match Stats

Home TeamShrewsburyAway TeamColchester

Possession: Home52%; Away48%

Shots: Home12; Away10

Shots on Target: Home5; Away4

Corners: Home6; Away3

Fouls: Home9; Away11

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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Colchester United 1.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Colchester United 1.

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Booking
Brian Wilson (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Brian Wilson (Colchester United).
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Hand ball by Gavin Massey (Colchester United).
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Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces David Wright because of an injury.
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Attempt saved. Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Foul by Jon Taylor (Shrewsbury Town).
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Craig Eastmond (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Hand ball by Jon Taylor (Shrewsbury Town).
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Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Wright (Colchester United).
77'
Booking
Magnus Okuonghae (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Magnus Okuonghae (Colchester United).
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Attempt missed. Jon Taylor (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
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Joe Jacobson (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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