Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Crewe Alexandra

Crewe boosted their survival hopes and dented Shrewsbury's chances of staying in League One with a comfortable win.

Crewe went ahead on 38 minutes when Mathias Pogba powered home a header from Jon Guthrie's right-wing corner.

Uche Ikpeazu rifled into the top corner to double the lead after the break and, with the Shrews pressing for a way back into the game, Anthony Grant broke away from halfway and finished coolly.

Tom Bradshaw clawed a goal back for Shrewsbury in stoppage time.

Crewe's third successive away win lifts them out of the bottom four and puts them two points above Carlisle, who have a game in hand.

Shrewsbury are now five points from safety with three games of the campaign remaining.

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Line-ups

Shrewsbury

• 1Weale
• 5Iorfa
• 3Jacobson
• 4SummerfieldSubstituted forWoodsat 71'minutes
• 16Mkandawire
• 18GoldsonBooked at 64mins
• 11Taylor
• 15Wildig
• 24EavesSubstituted forAtajicat 61'minutes
• 7MillerBooked at 78minsSubstituted forBradshawat 78'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 17Parry

Substitutes

• 6Winfield
• 9Bradshaw
• 22Woods
• 25Anyon
• 26Atajic
• 29Hall
• 31Smith

Crewe

• 21Garratt
• 2Tootle
• 16Guthrie
• 42Grant
• 5Ellis
• 6Dugdale
• 9Pogba
• 18Nolan
• 30IkpeazuSubstituted forTurtonat 70'minutes
• 14InmanSubstituted forOliverat 79'minutes
• 11Moore

Substitutes

• 1Phillips
• 3Mellor
• 10Leitch-Smith
• 12Ray
• 19Oliver
• 20Turton
• 29Waters

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

6,947

Match Stats

Home TeamShrewsburyAway TeamCrewe

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home9

Away7

Shots on Target

Home3

Away5

Corners

Home6

Away10

Fouls

Home13

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Ryan Woods (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt missed. Dominic Iorfa (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Mark Ellis.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town).

Posted at 90'+2'

Anthony Grant (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+1'

Goal! Shrewsbury Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 3. Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jon Taylor.

Goal!

Posted at 89'

Goal! Shrewsbury Town 0, Crewe Alexandra 3. Anthony Grant (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Tamika Mkandawire (Shrewsbury Town).

Posted at 87'

Vadaine Oliver (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 84'

Attempt missed. Tamika Mkandawire (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Mathias Pogba (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Tamika Mkandawire.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Vadaine Oliver replaces Bradden Inman.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Bahrudin Atajic (Shrewsbury Town).

Posted at 79'

Anthony Grant (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Tom Bradshaw replaces Shaun Miller.

Booking

Posted at 78'

Shaun Miller (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 77'

Shaun Miller (Shrewsbury Town) has gone down, but that's a dive.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Shaun Miller (Shrewsbury Town).

Posted at 76'

Mark Ellis (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Ryan Woods replaces Luke Summerfield.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Oliver Turton replaces Uche Ikpeazu.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Tamika Mkandawire.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Tamika Mkandawire.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Tamika Mkandawire.

Posted at 66'

Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Ben Garratt.

Booking

Posted at 64'

Connor Goldson (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Connor Goldson (Shrewsbury Town).

Posted at 64'

Mathias Pogba (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Bahrudin Atajic replaces Tom Eaves.

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Jon Taylor (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 57'

Luke Summerfield (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 57'

Foul by Bradden Inman (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 56'

Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Matt Tootle.

Posted at 55'

Hand ball by Uche Ikpeazu (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 54'

Attempt missed. Dominic Iorfa (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 54'

Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Ben Garratt.

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