Shrewsbury Town vs Reading

11 November 2023 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee M Edwards

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • Tom Bayliss 33’
  • Chey Dunkley 90+2’
  • Jason Sraha 90+6’
  • Sam Smith 12’
  • Dominic Ballard 15’

Match summary

Shrewsbury Town came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Reading, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Reading led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Sam Smith put Reading ahead in the 12th minute, Dominic Ballard made it 0-2 with a header in the 15th minute, and Tom Bayliss pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Chey Dunkley equalised from a corner in stoppage time and Jason Sraha won it from a corner in stoppage time.

Shots finished 17-12 to Shrewsbury Town, with 4 on target for Shrewsbury Town and 3 for Reading.

Match stats

Shrewsbury Town Reading
17 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 3
11 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Shrewsbury Town Reading
Kick-off
12’
Sam Smith0-1 (Reading)
15’
Dominic Ballard0-2 (Reading)
Tom Bayliss1-2 (Shrewsbury Town)
33’
Half-time1-2
Chey Dunkley2-2 (Shrewsbury Town)
90+2’
Jason Sraha3-2 (Shrewsbury Town)
90+6’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Shrewsbury Town
  • Marko Maroši
  • Jason Sraha
Reading
  • David Button
  • Sam Hutchinson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Shrewsbury Town attacking 
3’ Elliott Bennett (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target 6’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, blocked 9’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 12’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 12’ Max Mata (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 15’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, goal 16’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 21’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 23’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 28’ Max Mata (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 29’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, blocked 33’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), open play, goal 38’ Sam Hutchinson (Reading), open play, off target 50’ Jordan Shipley (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 52’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, blocked 58’ Andy Yiadom (Reading), open play, saved 58’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, saved 60’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, off target 66’ Chey Dunkley (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, saved 66’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 68’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 81’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, blocked 81’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, blocked 81’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target 88’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), set piece, off target 90+2’ Chey Dunkley (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, goal 90+4’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), set piece, off target 90+6’ Jason Sraha (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, goal 90+6’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target 3’ Elliott Bennett (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target 6’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, blocked 9’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 12’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 12’ Max Mata (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 15’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, goal 16’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 21’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 23’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 28’ Max Mata (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 29’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, blocked 33’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), open play, goal 38’ Sam Hutchinson (Reading), open play, off target 50’ Jordan Shipley (Shrewsbury Town), open play, off target 52’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, blocked 58’ Andy Yiadom (Reading), open play, saved 58’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, saved 60’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, off target 66’ Chey Dunkley (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, saved 66’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 68’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), open play, blocked 81’ Tom Bayliss (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, blocked 81’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, blocked 81’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target 88’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), set piece, off target 90+2’ Chey Dunkley (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, goal 90+4’ Taylor Perry (Shrewsbury Town), set piece, off target 90+6’ Jason Sraha (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, goal 90+6’ Daniel Udoh (Shrewsbury Town), from a corner, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – –
Tunmise Sobowale Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Tom Flanagan
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – –
Carl Winchester
90′ – – – – – – –
Elliott Bennett
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Max Mata Taken off
62′ – – 2 – – – –
Daniel Udoh Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 3 – – – –
Ryan Bowman Came on as a substitute
28′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Shrewsbury Town win 39% Avg odds 2.41
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Reading win 32% Avg odds 2.91

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.