Match ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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League One strugglers Fleetwood and Shrewsbury played out a goalless draw at Highbury Stadium.
David Ball missed from close range for the hosts, while a strike from team-mate Ashley Hunter forced a good save.
Hunter then set up Devante Cole who shot over, while Shaun Whalley wasted a one-on-one for the visitors.
Abu Ogogo missed the chance to win it late on for Shrewsbury as they remain a point above Fleetwood, who occupy the final relegation place in League One.
Shrewsbury earned their first clean sheet since October on manager Micky Mellon's return to the club with whom he won promotion to the Football League in 2012.
Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"We should have won it, probably comfortably, because of the amount of clear cut goal scoring opportunities we created.
"There were just so many one against ones and there were others that went across the face of the goal like Shaun Whalley's.
"But we've also seen that we are capable of defending. They now know the standard they have to achieve in order to keep clean sheets at this level."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Maxwell
- 12Hornby-Forbes
- 4Jordan
- 6PondSubstituted forNilssonat 64'minutes
- 7Bell
- 15Nirennold
- 2McLaughlin
- 23Ball
- 42KiwomyaSubstituted forHenenat 61'minutes
- 22HunterSubstituted forGrantat 87'minutes
- 44Cole
Substitutes
- 14Grant
- 20Deacon
- 27Haughton
- 28Sowerby
- 31Nilsson
- 40Gogic
- 45Henen
Shrewsbury
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Leutwiler
- 31Smith
- 5Grandison
- 20Knight-PercivalBooked at 89mins
- 15GrimmerSubstituted forSadlerat 79'minutes
- 6BlackSubstituted forWellensat 75'minutes
- 10Whalley
- 17Ogogo
- 12Brown
- 19Mangan
- 26Akpa-Akpro
Substitutes
- 3Sadler
- 7Vassell
- 8Wellens
- 16Vernon
- 21Halstead
- 22Clark
- 88Grandin
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 2,539
Match Stats
Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamShrewsbury
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away2
- Corners
- Home3
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Stephen Jordan.
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Attempt blocked. Jermaine Grandison (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Stephen Jordan (Fleetwood Town).
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Andy Mangan (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Mat Sadler.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Abu Ogogo.
Booking
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Shrewsbury Town).
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Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
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Richard Wellens (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Bobby Grant replaces Ashley Hunter.
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Attempt missed. Abu Ogogo (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
Substitution
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Mat Sadler replaces Jack Grimmer.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Marcus Nilsson.
Substitution
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Richard Wellens replaces Ian Black.
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Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town).
