Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 3, Cheltenham Town 1.
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Shrewsbury continued their strong home form as they came from behind to beat Cheltenham Town.
After a goalless first half, Byron Harrison converted Eusebio Bancessi's cross to give the visitors the lead.
James Collins levelled for Shrewsbury just two minutes later after good work from James Wesolowski.
Liam Lawrence then set up two goals in 15 minutes, as Andy Mangan and Nathaniel Knight-Percival made sure of the points for the home side.
Cheltenham Town manager Mark Yates told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"We pressed the self-destruct button and just gave them two goals out of absolutely nothing.
"I think Wednesday night's effort took its toll and we couldn't muster enough to have a go at the end.
"We're good at being tight and being not very generous in gifting goals, but we did the complete opposite. Some of our players who were excellent in the first half weren't quite so good in the second half.
"We missed Steve Elliott but I didn't expect us to give them goals like we did."
Line-ups
Shrewsbury
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Leutwiler
- 2Grandison
- 6GoldsonBooked at 58mins
- 20Knight-Percival
- 12Gayle
- 4Woods
- 14WesolowskiBooked at 78mins
- 22ClarkSubstituted forLawrenceat 45'minutes
- 3Demetriou
- 9Collins
- 19ManganSubstituted forAkpa-Akproat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Ellis
- 7Vincent
- 10Vernon
- 11Lawrence
- 21Halstead
- 24Grant
- 26Akpa-Akpro
Cheltenham
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Carson
- 4TaylorBooked at 77mins
- 6ElliottSubstituted forBrownat 45'minutes
- 15DeamanSubstituted forHaworthat 76'minutes
- 2VaughanBooked at 60mins
- 28De VitaSubstituted forMarquisat 70'minutes
- 25Taylor
- 8Richards
- 3Braham-BarrettBooked at 55mins
- 29Bancessi
- 9Harrison
Substitutes
- 5Brown
- 10Gornell
- 11Haworth
- 12Gould
- 16Hanks
- 19Sterling-James
- 26Marquis
- Referee:
- Seb Stockbridge
- Attendance:
- 4,817
Match Stats
Home TeamShrewsburyAway TeamCheltenham
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home8
- Away5
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away18
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 3, Cheltenham Town 1.
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Jermaine Grandison (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by John Marquis (Cheltenham Town).
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Liam Lawrence (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matt Richards (Cheltenham Town).
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Attempt missed. Byron Harrison (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
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Attempt missed. Jason Taylor (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jermaine Grandison.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Trevor Carson.
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Attempt saved. James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Shrewsbury Town).
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Jason Taylor (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. Byron Harrison (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Ryan Woods (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Andy Haworth (Cheltenham Town).
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Ryan Woods (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Byron Harrison (Cheltenham Town).
Booking
James Wesolowski (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card.
