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  • Kick-off: 15:15
  • Venue: The New Meadow
  • Attendance: 6208
  • Referee: Evans, K

Live Commentary

90mins

Andre Boucaud goes into the referees book for timewasting.

90mins

Tommy Doherty is replaced by Andre Boucaud.

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89mins

George Daly is booked for unsporting behaviour.

74mins

Scott McGleish is replaced by George Daly.

68mins

Shrewsbury are replacing Andy Cooke with Marc Pugh.

65mins

Stefan Oakes is replaced by Gary Holt.

64mins

Neil Ashton goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

46mins

Shrewsbury are replacing Ben Herd with Chris Humphrey.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by K Evans

31mins

Shrewsbury are replacing David Hunt with Neil Ashton.

26mins

David Hunt goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

14mins

Stefan Oakes is booked for unsporting behaviour.

8mins

Goal!! Wycombe have scored with John Sutton putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3:15pm on Saturday, December 29th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Shrewsbury Town saw their League Two play-off hopes take a dent when they suffered a 1-0 home defeat against fellow high-fliers Wycombe Wanderers.

An early goal from John Sutton ultimately settled this often entertaining encounter between two sides separated by just two places and three points in the table when the match began.

However, victory lifted Wycombe into the play-off frame, while Shrewsbury must regroup after their three-match winning streak was brought to an end.

Although the kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes due to a floodlight problem, Wycombe were bright and alert from the kick-off and in the eighth minute Sutton was on hand to force the ball home from close-range after keeper Glyn Garner was unable to hold a Scott McGleish header.

Two minutes later, Sergio Torres fired over at the far post as Wycombe proceeded to dominate the opening period against a below-par Shrewsbury, whose forward play caused the visiting defence few alarms.

But from the first whistle of the second half, Shrewsbury looked a different prospect and within five minutes of the restart had almost levelled on three separate occasions.

From a Ben Davies free-kick, central defender Kelvin Langmead headed against the crossbar and then fellow defender Colin Murdock saw his header clawed away by Wanderers goalkeeper Frank Fielding.

And as the pressure continued to mount, full-back Marc Tierney lashed a shot against the woodwork.

Once Wycombe weathered the storm they gradually began to win back an even share of possession, but their goal was once again subjected to a number of close calls as the game drew to a close.

With eight minutes left, a swerving Davies free-kick brought a diving save from Fielding, who was also called upon to thwart a low shot from Langmead.

But the best opportunity for the home side to salvage a point fell to Davies, but after scoring in the last three games, he lifted a close-range chance over the bar.

Shrewsbury Town Team

Wycombe Wanderers Team

Shrewsbury Town

Wycombe Wanderers

Corners

72

Fouls

1713

Goal attempts

128

Shots off target

35

Offsides

33

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