League One: Shrewsbury Town stops Rotherham United with a 0-0 draw
SHREWSBURY. Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Rotherham United ended up goalless.
SHREWSBURY. Rotherham United didn’t concede much to Shrewsbury Town to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Tuesday. Rotherham United couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium in Shrewsbury on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Carl Brook who had the assistance of Connor Brown and Mark Cunliffe. The 4th official was Tom Reeves. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.1 degrees Celsius or 43 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.
Match Statistics
Rotherham United was in firm control of the ball 58% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Shrewsbury Town was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Shrewsbury Town to win the match.
Shrewsbury Town shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Rotherham United shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card (M. Pennington). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Rotherham United.
After this match, Shrewsbury Town will have 37 points to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Rotherham United will have 75 points to stay in the 1st place.
Match Events
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41'41'
M. Pennington
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46'46'
C. Ogbene
W. Harding
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46'46'
B. Wiles
O. Rathbone
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78'78'
J. Mattock
A. MacDonald
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90'90'
S. Janneh
D. Udoh
Next match
In the upcoming League One match, Shrewsbury Town will play away against Cambridge United on the 5th of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Shrewsbury Town (2 draws).
Rotherham United will host Milton Keynes Dons on the 5th of March with a 4-4 head to head.
Shrewsbury Town: Formation and Lineups
Shrewsbury Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Steve Cotterill chose to play with the following team: M. Maroši, T. Flanagan, E. Ebanks-Landell, L. Leahy, M. Pennington, G. Nurse, E. Bennett, T. Fornah, T. Bloxham, R. Bowman and D. Udoh.
Substitutes
Shrewsbury Town decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Rotherham United: Formation and Lineups
Rotherham United started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
On the opposite side, Paul Warne played with: J. Vickers, R. Wood, A. MacDonald, M. Ihiekwe, J. Osei-Tutu, H. Odoffin, W. Harding, J. Lindsay, O. Rathbone, M. Smith and F. Ladapo.
Substitutes
Rotherham United made 3 changes: W. Harding for C. Ogbene (46′), O. Rathbone for B. Wiles (46′) and A. MacDonald for J. Mattock (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One
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