Wycombe 1-2 Shrewsbury: Visitors steal the show at Adams Park
Shrewsbury Town eased past Wycombe Wanderers in a 2-1 victory on Saturday at Adams Park. Both Wycombe and Shrewsbury Town arrived at the match from previous defeats in the league. Wycombe were looking forward to meeting again after losing 3-0 to Bolton Wanderers in their last match. Shrewsbury Town lost 1-0 in the last match they played against Accrington Stanley. After today’s result, Wycombe are in 18th place, with 3 points from 3 matches, while Shrewsbury Town sit in 15th, with 4 points from 3.
After an uneventful first half, Whatever was said in the dressing room at half time, seemed to have a positive effect on Wycombe who started the second half well, when Garath McCleary found the net, 51 minutes in. However, they were unable to maintain their lead, Matthew Pennington managed to equalize and take the sides off at the 60 minute mark at 1-1. However they weren’t finished yet and Luke Leahy made it 2-1 just before the final whistle with a final score of 2-1.
Substitutions for Wycombe included Nick Freeman, Jack Young, Alfie Mawson and David Wheeler for Lewis Wing, Daryl Horgan, Jordan Obita and D’Mani Bughail-Mellor, repectively. Shrewsbury Town brought on Tom Bayliss, Ryan Bowman and Tom Bloxham, to replace Taylor Moore, Julien Da Costa and Daniel Udoh.
The referee booked Daryl Horgan, Christian Forino and Anis Mehmeti for Wycombe.
Wycombe will next travel to Exeter City, while Shrewsbury Town will face Derby County at home.
Technical card: | |
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Wycombe Wanderers: | Daryl Horgan (Jack Young, min.78), Christian Forino, Garath McCleary, Lewis Wing (Nick Freeman, min.78), Anis Mehmeti, Jordan Obita (Alfie Mawson, min.86) and D’Mani Bughail-Mellor (David Wheeler, min.86) |
Shrewsbury Town: | Matthew Pennington, Taylor Moore (Tom Bayliss, min.67), Julien Da Costa (Ryan Bowman, min.81), Daniel Udoh (Tom Bloxham, min.87) and Luke Leahy |
Stadium: | Adams Park |
Goals: | Garath McCleary (1-0, min. 51), Matthew Pennington (1-1, min. 60) and Luke Leahy (1-2, min. 89) |